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November 2, 2019

Monday Morning Mystery Answered

IMG_4235On Monday I asked:

Can you identify this caterpillar, photographed at Shelter Island's Mashomack Preserve?

Denise Farrell replied (Correctly, I believe):

Closest match I could find in bugguide.net is caterpillar for Silver-spotted Skipper.

A side-view pic of the cat along with this one would give more detail for ID'ing.

https://bugguide.net/node/view/403

(Thanks, Denise! Had never seen one of these caterpillars before. And they turn into my favorite skipper:

 

 

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