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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Phaegopterina » Lophocampa » Silver-spotted Tiger Moth - Hodges#8209 (Lophocampa argentata)
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Virginia Ctenucha caterpillar? - Lophocampa argentata
Copyright © 2014 Jeremy Sell

Virginia Ctenucha caterpillar? - Lophocampa argentata
Mesa Verde National Park - Mesa Top Loop, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
April 14, 2014
Size: Over 1 inch
A number of these caterpillars were crawling around on the ground in a pinion-juniper woodland around 7000 feet of elevation. Appears similar to the Virginia Ctenucha, but distribution records indicate this species is uncommon/rare/not present in SW CO. I suspect another species is more likely, but no idea what that might be.
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Contributed by Jeremy Sell on 23 April, 2014 - 8:56pm
Last updated 27 December, 2015 - 1:27pm

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Wonder if it might be Lophocampa
… john and jane balaban, 23 April, 2014 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
The range certainly seems mor
The range certainly seems more appropriate.
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