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Large Yellow Underwing Caterpillar Plump, yellow caterpillar with brown dashes on its abdominal segments. It had a tan head capsule. It was 4-5cm long. This caterpillar was alive, but inactive...It was also much more squishy and unresponsive than most caterpillars, so I was thinking that it may have been affected by the cold temperatures, and possibly dying.  In this shot, you can see that the caterpillar is defecating and has frass coming out of its rear. Caterpillar,Fall,Geotagged,Large Yellow Underwing,Large Yellow Underwing Caterpillar,Large yellow underwing,Noctua pronuba,United States,larva,moth caterpillar,moth larva,moth week 2018 Click/tap to enlarge

Large Yellow Underwing Caterpillar

Plump, yellow caterpillar with brown dashes on its abdominal segments. It had a tan head capsule. It was 4-5cm long. This caterpillar was alive, but inactive...It was also much more squishy and unresponsive than most caterpillars, so I was thinking that it may have been affected by the cold temperatures, and possibly dying. In this shot, you can see that the caterpillar is defecating and has frass coming out of its rear.

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The large yellow underwing is a moth, the type species for the family Noctuidae. It is an abundant species throughout the Palearctic ecozone, one of the most common and most familiar moths of the region. In some years the species is highly migratory with large numbers appearing suddenly in marginal parts of the range.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Feb 7, 2018. Captured Nov 3, 2017 11:13 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/6.3
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm