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wren107 Jacksonville, FL(Zone 8b) May 18, 2009

Please can any one Id this caterpillar that I found feeding on my Epiphyllums-orchid cactus.

Thank you

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 18, 2009

I can't be at all certain, but this might be a southern armyworm, Spodoptera eridania (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - see http://tinyurl.com/p46dtr

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wren107 Jacksonville, FL(Zone 8b) May 18, 2009

Thank you
Close but there are not white stripes and it was a little bigger.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 18, 2009

Please bear in mind that these caterpillars, like most cutworms, can be highly variable in their color pattern, and a single image can be misleading. In the case of the southern armyworm, the double row of black triangles usually is fairly constant while the rest of its color pattern can vary considreably.

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wren107 Jacksonville, FL(Zone 8b) May 18, 2009

Thank you very much. Luckily there was only one. I put it into the wild bird meal worm feeder so some baby had a good feed. LOL

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