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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Silkmoths (Saturniinae) » Saturniini » Agapema » Agapema homogena - Hodges#7756 (Agapema homogena)
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caterpillar - Agapema homogena
Copyright © 2007 Barbara Magnuson

caterpillar - Agapema homogena
Arkansas River drainage, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
September 1, 1998
Size: 3 inch
Unknown caterpillar found on currant bush, 8400 ft elevation, Sangre de Cristo Mt. foothills, north of Arkansas River canyon, southern-central Colorado. Pinon /Ponderosa Pine, Juniper forest. Thanks for any ID input.
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Contributed by Barbara Magnuson on 30 January, 2007 - 7:49pm
Last updated 31 January, 2007 - 8:54pm

Barbara,
Please contact us by email (see our contributor page here) regarding permission to display on Plates at Moth Photographers Group photographs of moths and larvae that you have posted here at BugGuide. You'll have to translate our address into a real email one. Thanks, J&J.
… john and jane balaban, 21 October, 2011 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

What do you think of
Agapema homogena in the Saturniidae? There's an image here from Arizona that looks good. (Scroll down to a. homogena)
… john and jane balaban, 31 January, 2007 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
caterpillar
I think you're onto something! Sure looks like your photo reference. I think that's the most likely possibility. Thanks VERY much, Barb
… Barbara Magnuson, 31 January, 2007 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

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