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Hickory Horned Devil

Posted by August 16th, 2005 at 12:00 am

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Can you identify this?
Found under the shrubs in my neighbor’s yard in North FL.
The shell and spines are hard, it seems aggressive when you get near it. The quarter is for size approximation.
Joe

Hi there Joe,
The caterpillar of the lovely Royal Walnut Moth is the fierce looking but harmless Hickory Horned Devil.

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