Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1100742

Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalli

Observation date: September 04, 2016
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Sunny, high 80's, not very humid. This caterpillar was crawling rapidly toward the edge of the dirt and gravel road/path, which had been chemically defoliated within the last month. Nearby were mixed grasses, lespedeza, crown vetch, boneset, ironweed, goldenrod, wingstem, locust, sycamore, crab apple, juniper, pin oak, poison ivy.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: September 05, 2016
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, West Virginia, Putnam County