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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Cerurinae » Americerura » Black-etched Prominent - Hodges#7942 (Americerura scitiscripta)
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Caterpillar ID Request - Americerura scitiscripta
Copyright © 2006 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Caterpillar ID Request - Americerura scitiscripta
Baltimore City, Maryland County, Maryland, USA
September 12, 2006
Found on Salix.

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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 16 November, 2006 - 10:40am
Last updated 31 October, 2011 - 9:50am

Moved
Moved from Cerura.
… john and jane balaban, 31 October, 2011 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dicranurini.
… john and jane balaban, 9 August, 2007 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

Neat.
This is indeed a cool caterpillar, one belonging to the family of "prominent moths," Notodontidae. Thanks for sharing these.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 November, 2006 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

 
we can get a lot closer
it's one of the species in the genus Furcula or Cerura
… Tony, 16 November, 2006 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
With that white subspiracular line
we would certainly say Cerura. Check out the images of Cerura scitiscripta here
… john and jane balaban, 16 November, 2006 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
: )
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 16 November, 2006 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

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