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Black eyed cat - Spodoptera eridania
Copyright © 2014 Kathie Peacock Compton

Black eyed cat - Spodoptera eridania
Spring, Harris County, Texas, USA
August 29, 2014
Size: 1''
Found this fellow and some less mature ones
munching on angel trumpet plant.
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Contributed by Kathie Peacock Compton on 29 August, 2014 - 11:48am
Last updated 17 November, 2018 - 6:50pm

Moved
Moved from Armyworms.
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Black eyed cat
Thank you so much John and Jane Balaban!
I will try to follow up on it and see if I can get
a pic after development.
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Looks like
one of the Spodoptera
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