Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1136952

Observation date: August 17, 2017
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Early evening, mostly sunny with a few clouds, about 70 degrees, light breeze. The caterpillar was clinging to the underside of a milkweed leaf, beside a gravel path next to a large overgrown field on one side, and mature woods on the other side. Nearby were goldenrod, joe pye weed, ironweed, milkweed, fleabane, honeysuckle, serviceberry, hawthorne, oak, maple, beech, mixed grassses, ferns.
Status: Temporary Colonist
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: August 25, 2017
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Tucker County, United States, West Virginia