Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1139065

American Dagger Moth
Acronicta americana

Observation date: August 26, 2017
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Sunny, 70-75 degrees, no breeze. The caterpillar, which appeared to have an injury near its back end, was crawling along the rail of a wooden foot-bridge across a small creek below a dam, between two rather steep, forested mountainsides. Nearby were spicebush, oak, beech, maple, sassafras, redbud, honeysuckle, grapevines, poison ivy, mixed weeds.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: September 03, 2017
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Kanawha County, United States, West Virginia