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Caterpillar [=Datana?] ID Request - Datana contracta

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.

Moved
Moved from Datana.

Moved

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Datana
It looks like D. contracta but Fagus would be an odd food plant. Was it actively feeding or perhaps just wandering?

 
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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