CLOSED: maybe a cutworm?

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Apr 16, 2007

This guy was under a board in the garden the other day mid April in Maryland. Would this be a cutworm? (Doubt anyone can ID the species from this of course.)

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Apr 16, 2007

There are a bunch of fat, green, bristled, striped caterpillars in that Family Plusiinae.... if you keep clicking on the word 'Plusiinae' the site will page through images


http://bugguide.net/node/view/12377


edit: oops...Plusiinae is a Subfamily, Noctuidae is the Family

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Apr 16, 2007

It sort of looks like this Angle Shade. It was probably looking for a place to pupate, when you found it.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gardensafari.net/pics/nachtvlinders/macro/uilen/phlogophora_meticulosa_hs6_1495.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gardensafari.net/english/owlets.htm&h=640&w=615&sz=42&hl=en&start=139&um=1&tbnid=BFzb8nzF0A5wZM:&tbnh=137&tbnw=132&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbig%2Bgreen%2Bcaterpillar%26start%3D120%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Apr 17, 2007

Well, this bit of bug biology is new to me. I was surprised to see a full grown looking cat in early spring.

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