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vayda on Nostr: 🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨 The funerary dagger caterpillar (Acronicta funeralis) ...

🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨

The funerary dagger caterpillar (Acronicta funeralis) is a striking example of a rare black-gray caterpillar species. Vivid yellow and white markings develop on the back of this soft caterpillar as it matures and make it easy to be identified.

One of the unusual features of this crawling larva bug is the strange paddle-like hairs that protrude from the sides of the caterpillar, giving it also the common name the ‘paddle caterpillar’.

Funerary dagger moths feed on, among others, the leaves of birch, cottonwood, apple, oak, and hickory trees.

is found from Manitoba to Nova Scotia, south to Maryland. It is also found in Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and along the west-coast from California to British Columbia.






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