About 1.5 inches long, brownish with black triangles on the posterior end. Found in dead leaves on the ground in my flower bed yesterday.
Is this a cutworm?
did not get a good shot of the head. This is best one.
here's one from the side.
IT'S semilar to Double Square-spot (cat) - Xestia triangulum
but i am not sure.
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It seems similar but the Xestia triangulum is a European moth. But I will look at Noctuidae to see if there is anything similar with my area included in the range. Thanks for your help. Cam
Definitely in the family Noctuidae and in the group that includes cutworms, armyworms, etc. - the head capsule has markings typical for the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda - see http://tinyurl.com/4vxg9z6, but the body markings are not typical for that species.
Whatever he is, he is lost in my house. While I was photographing him, the phone rang. When I returned he was nowhere to be found. Very fat and very caterpillar-like. I thot the triangles on his posterior would help someone who was educated about cats to pin him down. I guess there is just a lot of variation among these. Thanks for narrowing down a bit further. I'll keep working on it. Cam
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