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Contracted Datana - Hodges#7906 (Datana contracta)
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Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
Caterpillar [=Datana?] ID Request -
Datana contracta
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
September 19, 2014
Observed on what I suspect is Fagus grandifolia.
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Contributed by
Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
on 19 September, 2014 - 6:22pm
Last updated 17 November, 2014 - 11:40pm
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, 17 November, 2014 - 11:40pm
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Datana
It looks like D. contracta but Fagus would be an odd food plant. Was it actively feeding or perhaps just wandering?
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LaciP
, 22 September, 2014 - 12:09pm
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It
very well could have originated on a nearby Oak or Hickory. I didn't wait around long enough to see if it was eating the tree I saw it on.
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Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
, 25 September, 2014 - 1:30pm
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