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Salt Marsh Moth Caterpillar - Estigmene acrea Very hairy orange-tan caterpillar with long, soft setae projecting from its body. Its face was mostly black. These caterpillars are highly variable in color.<br />
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Larvae feed on a huge variety of weedy plants, including ground cherry, milkweed, dog fennel, and mallow, in addition to crops and trees such as alfalfa, asparagus, bean, beet, cabbage, carrot, celery, clover, corn, cotton, lettuce, onion, pea, potato, soybean, sugarbeet, tobacco, tomato, turnip, alder, apple, cherry, elderberry, pear, and poplar. Estigmene acrea,Fall,Geotagged,Salt Marsh Moth,Salt Marsh Moth Caterpillar,United States,caterpillar,moth week 2018 Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Salt Marsh Moth Caterpillar - Estigmene acrea

Very hairy orange-tan caterpillar with long, soft setae projecting from its body. Its face was mostly black. These caterpillars are highly variable in color.

Larvae feed on a huge variety of weedy plants, including ground cherry, milkweed, dog fennel, and mallow, in addition to crops and trees such as alfalfa, asparagus, bean, beet, cabbage, carrot, celery, clover, corn, cotton, lettuce, onion, pea, potato, soybean, sugarbeet, tobacco, tomato, turnip, alder, apple, cherry, elderberry, pear, and poplar.

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The Salt Marsh Moth or Acrea Moth is a moth in the family Arctiidae. It is found in North America, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Colombia and Mexico.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Jan 17, 2018. Captured Oct 1, 2017 09:58 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/4.5
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm