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