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26-AUG-2017 Christine Hanrahan

Silver-spotted skipper butterfly caterpillar (Epargyreus clarus)

Larose Forest

Found on a black locust tree, one of the few food sources it uses in the area, the other one being hog peanut. The round orange spots are not eyes, the eyes are three tiny brown dots on the edge of the orange eyespots which are presumably there to startle would-be predators/

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Carl Carbone11-Dec-2017 22:42
Great close-up!
Sam Rua07-Sep-2017 04:49
Wow, wow, WOW. What a great comp and capture.
Nirvan Hope03-Sep-2017 03:57
Oh my goodness! That IS close! Extraordinary detail. Fascinating about the eyes.
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