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Tobacco Budworm Moth - Hodges#11071 (Chloridea virescens)
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PeeGee
caterpillar on verbena -
Chloridea virescens
Jamestown , Rhode Island, USA
October 18, 2013
Size: about 3/4"
Found these guys all over verbena bonariensis and ageratum. They were especially good at blending in with the verbena. Will send another photo.
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Contributed by
PeeGee
on 12 November, 2013 - 2:12pm
Last updated 19 February, 2014 - 1:43pm
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john and jane balaban
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v belov
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Looks like something in Heliothinae
maybe Heliothis virescens
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john and jane balaban
, 12 November, 2013 - 4:18pm
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