Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1136238

Observation date: August 21, 2017
Submitted by: Nancy Hamlett
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Observed just before a total solar eclipse just sitting on our ice chest. About 10 minutes before totality, the sky darkened and caterpillar started crawling around, crawled off the ice chest and into the grass, where it was still crawling at least 30 minutes after totality.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Childs
Verified date: September 27, 2017
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Davidson County, United States, Tennessee