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Caterpillar needs an ID.
Roger Thomason
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Posted on 08-12-2008 02:06
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Photographed during summer in my garden eating Garden Geranium. Probably something very common.
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Roger,

Silver Y (Autographa gamma) is a possibility, but some of the related plusiid moths are very similar.

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Thanks Martin,
I'd just about given up on any response on this post..were not my best photo's..wrong DOF settings.Frown
Silver Y Moths are very common here so the odds are fairly high that this might be one of their caterpillars.Smile
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