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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Skipper Caterpillars</title>
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		<title>Brazilian Skipper Pupa</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/23/unknown-pupa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Large brown and white spider and cocoon in the making
February 22, 2010
Hi- &#8230;.  The other picture was in the same place on the same trip. It was right on the edge of the swamp surrounded by a myriad of cypress trees. There were tons of these cocoons all over, and the leaves they were on [...]


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		<title>Skipper Caterpillar:  Juvenal&#8217;s Duskywing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caterpillar ID pretty please
November 9, 2009
To my novice eyes this appears to be an early instar, but I&#8217;ve had no luck identifying which caterpillar it will grow up to be. I tried looking through your archives but didn&#8217;t see it. I don&#8217;t want to waste your time. Could you please help? It was chowing down [...]


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		<title>Long-Tailed Skipper laying eggs.  Caterpillar too!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/27/long-tailed-skipper-laying-eggs-caterpillar-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[medium butterfly laying eggs on bean plant
September 25, 2009
I discovered this butterfly laying eggs on the two varieties of beans I have growing, a bush type and vine type. The bush type is planted next to a square of soy beans.
The insect is approximately 2 inches wide and their flight pattern is sporadic and jittery [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/11/10/imperial-moth-laying-eggs/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Imperial Moth laying Eggs'>Imperial Moth laying Eggs</a> <small>Imperial Moth Laying eggs Hi WTB, I am so glad...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2005/01/02/long-tailed-skipper/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Long-Tailed Skipper'>Long-Tailed Skipper</a> <small>moth? We found this lovely moth in the barn. It...</small></li>
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		<title>Silver Spotted Skipper Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/09/21/silver-spotted-skipper-caterpillar-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green caterpillar
Hello,
I am normally pretty good with bugs but graduated college before I had a chance to take the immatures course. There are about a dozen of these caterpillars that are bright green with brownish heads and small, bright orange eye spots encasing themselves on my false-indigo plant. I am assuming they are moths because [...]


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		<title>Silver Spotted Skipper Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/18/silver-spotted-skipper-caterpillar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/18/silver-spotted-skipper-caterpillar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strange Caterpillar
Found this in the yard &#8211; Northern Alabama. Light green body, dark purple head and weird orange eyes!! Cool looking, alien! What is it? Thanks!
Mike

Hi Mike,
This very distinctive caterpillar belongs to a butterfly called the Silver Spotted Skipper, Epargyreus clarus.





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