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I dug up this 1 1⁄2”, pink caterpillar while working in the garden October 6, 2005 and placed it in a container of moist soil in my workshop. On October 27 it had hatched and was then found on the wall of the shop where I photographed it and then released without touching. The moth, about 1 1/8” long has some faint but dark green on the wings. The under wing is mostly white. I am guessing that it was eating from an oak tree, but that is only a guess. Does it have a name?
Thank you,
Glenn MacRill
Houston , TX
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Hi Glenn,
Yes this is a Heterocampa species. We don’t feel confident enough identifying individual species. They do belong in the Prominent Moth family, but that is the best common name we can offer. Thanks for the photos, the first adult we have received. By the way, we never publish email addresses.
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