Insect and Spider Identification: I thought it was a fishing lure-then it moved.

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greenthumb99
Lucketts, VA (Zone 7a)

November 23, 2012 5:12 PM

While clearing fall debris from my garden I uncovered this. Coloration was such that I that it wasn't real - until I touched it and it moved. About 1 inch long.

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Flapdoodle
Minot, ND

November 23, 2012 6:41 PM

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Looks like a caterpillar in the prepupal stage; could be a noctuid or notodontid; image not sufficient for identification.

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