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Mourning Cloak Caterpillar

Posted by June 24th, 2006 at 12:00 am

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Hi guys, attached is a photo of a caterpillar I’m trying to ID. I posted it on bug guide too. I also am sending over some other photos I took and posted on bug guide and you can use them onb your site too if you want to. Today I learned on your site the things I was calling silverfish were actually house centipedes and they eat other bugs in the house. Cool. I also read they can produce a painful bite. Not cool. Generally speaking, I’m not a bug killer (we have a “backyard safari” bug vacuum) and all tresspassers are released. Since I’m a high school teacher I always make it a point to set an example when we have a bug intruder in our classroom and make sure it is tossed out the window. Is there a way to post pics to the site like bug guide or do people just mail them to you?

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Dear Unknown Teacher,
Since we are control freaks about the aesthetics of our site, we do not allow visitors to post. Imagine what we might find? We do not want Jenna to appear on our homepage one day. This is a Mourning Cloak Caterpillar.

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