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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Jun 09, 2016

My daughter caught these on a family trip into a wet area near Boston. Is it possible to ID these creepy things?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 09, 2016

Look like might be something in the family Nymphalidae - can you get an image with better lighting?

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Jun 09, 2016

Maybe the plant can provide ID help too, although I'm not sure what it was...

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 09, 2016

These look vaguely like checkerspot caterpillars - see http://joyce-road.blogspot.com/2015/06/baltimore-checkerspot-caterpillar.html for an example - but the plant you show does not look like their typical host...

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Jun 10, 2016

Baltimore Checkerspots are common around here. It's probably as good a guess as any.

Thanx!

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