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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Plusiini » Plusiina » Autographa » Common Looper - Hodges#8908 (Autographa precationis)
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Cute Caterpillar 1 - Autographa precationis
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Cute Caterpillar 1 - Autographa precationis
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Size: 1 inch approx
Sorry it had a cute face. It was eating my Morning Glories.
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 22 January, 2007 - 3:36pm
Last updated 14 January, 2012 - 3:59pm

Moved
Moved from Plusiinae. OK, we think this is where it belongs
… john and jane balaban, 14 January, 2012 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bilobed Looper. Interesting - Wagner says Megalographa, pg 221 is easily recognizable by the fine hairlike spinules and you can see them in his picture but not in yours! We'll have to come back to yours, sorry.
… john and jane balaban, 14 January, 2012 - 7:30am login or register to post comments

 
Okay-it's possible because of
Okay-it's possible because of the age of the photo and low mega pixels-they just didn't show up. I'll have to look my Wagner's again too.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 14 January, 2012 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 9 February, 2007 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

Two pair of abdominal prolegs
and that black mark across the face reminds us of Plusiinae, maybe something like Megalographa biloba such as . But Jeff recently posted one from Florida that was Enigmogramma basigera, see . Not much help, are we??!
… john and jane balaban, 22 January, 2007 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
I think it looks like the fir
I think it looks like the first one here.

Thanks ^__^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 23 January, 2007 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

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