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Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a)

Foud this lrava on a plant it had wrapped itself in the leaves of False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa), I have had it for a few days now and it just coming out of the wrapping, it doesn't look to feeding however I am finding frass in the tank.

Thanks

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Sinks Grove, WV

This is a caterpillar of a skipper (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae); it looks a bit like Achalarus lyciades - see http://tinyurl.com/233cglt for an image of in a younger state of growth than yours, which likely is getting ready to hibernate.

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