Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1179420

Observation date: August 13, 2018
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Mostly sunny, very humid, about 88 degrees. Several of these caterpillars were on the leaves and flowers of a butterfly weed plant (orange milkweed). Nearby were thyme, echinacea, peppers, tomatoes, cardinal flower (lobelia), basil sage, yellow crook-neck squash, sugar maple.
Status: Temporary Colonist
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: October 10, 2018
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Putnam County, United States, West Virginia