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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Isochaetes » Beutenmueller's Slug Moth - Hodges#4675 (Isochaetes beutenmuelleri)
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Beutenmueller's Slug Moth Caterpillar - Isochaetes beutenmuelleri
Copyright © 2005 Troy Bartlett

Beutenmueller's Slug Moth Caterpillar - Isochaetes beutenmuelleri
Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
September 11, 2004
Size: 10-15mm
I previously submitted one photo of this specimen, but I'm uploading some additional ones so I can invite a few people to take a look from various angles.

I have a new theory on this one. Latin American Insects and Entomology mentions a family related to Limacodidae with sluglike larvae: Dalceridae. The larvae are described as "covered with translucent, sticky, gelatinous, conical tubercles" (1). According to Covell though (2), they don't occur in the East.

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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 1 January, 2005 - 11:44pm
Last updated 3 January, 2005 - 9:54pm

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