Estigmene acrea [Drury] Salt marsh Caterpillar

Arctiidae

Host Plant: Various

General description: Translucent body and pinacula covered with ochre, orange, rust, or yellow setae. Head capsule is same color as setae.

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Determined by: Gentry

 

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Covell 1984

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Location of Vouchers: Tulane University

Collected: Honey Island Swamp, New Orleans garden, Bayou Coquille.