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donnerville Damascus, MD(Zone 7a) Sep 15, 2008

This caterpillar is about an inch and a half in length, the only one on the plant. Can anybody please tell me if this is a butterfly caterpillar? Thanks!

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Sep 16, 2008

This is a caterpillar of a moth in the family Arctiidae, possibly a saltmarsh caterpillar (Estigmene acrea) - see http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/smcat.html for an image. These caterpillars show wide variation in coloration, from very pale to nearly black.

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donnerville Damascus, MD(Zone 7a) Sep 16, 2008

Thank you for the reply. I looked again yesterday evening, but it wasn't on the plant any more. Maybe a bird had got him :-(

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