CLOSED: Caterpillar ID please

Bolivar, TN

Found this on my Morning Glory this morning. Does anyone know what it is? Thank you!

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Minot, ND

This looks like a yellow-striped armyworm (Spodoptera ornithogalli) - see http://www.robsplants.com/images/critters/SpodopteraOrnithogalli040830.jpg for an image and http://www.pbase.com/image/118832675 for the adult moth.

Bolivar, TN

Egghhhh. That's definitely it. So not a beneficial caterpillar. Thanks for your help.!

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