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LEPIDOPTERA: Caterpillars 1

Common name:  Caterpillar, recently molted Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 09/19/2006 Location: Parker Canyon Lake, AZ
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Common name:  Caterpillar on host plant at butterfly garden Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 8/4/2007 Location: Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ
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Common name:  Caterpillar Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 9/22/2007 Location: Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, Santa Cruz Co., AZ
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Common name:  Caterpillar Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 9/22/2007 Location: Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, Santa Cruz Co., AZ
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Common name:  Caterpillar Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 9/29/2007 Location: Parker Canyon Lake, AZ
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Common name:  Caterpillar Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 9/29/2007 Location: Parker Canyon Lake, AZ
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Common name:  Caterpillar Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 9/29/2007 Location: Parker Canyon Lake, AZ
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Common name:  Caterpillar Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 9/29/2007 Location: Parker Canyon Lake, AZ
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Common name:  Caterpillar Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 9/29/2007 Location: Parker Canyon Lake, AZ
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Common name:  Orange caterpillar with black bumps (or sawfly?) Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 8/4/2001 Location: Greencastle, PA
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Common name:  Bright green caterpillar on flower Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 9/2000 Location: Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ
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Common name:  Large inchworm and lace bug on brittlebush leaf (Encelia farinosa) Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 8/10/2002 Location: Rillito River Park, Tucson, AZ
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Common name:  Genista Broom Moth caterpillar Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pyralidae Sub-family: . Genus: Uresiphita Species: Uresiphita reversalis Date: 3/30/2002 Location: Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ
Comment: found on Mescal Bean Tree (Sophora secundiflora)

Common name:  Large, dark purple-black hornworm Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 12/9/2000 Location: Mountain View, Big Island, HI
Comment: yellow stripes on forehead and face

Common name:  Orange Dog and hatchling Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Papillionidae Sub-family: . Genus: Papilio Species: Papilio cresphontes Date: 5/4/2002 Location: Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ
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Common name:  Tiny, fat white Blue or Hairstreak caterpillar Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lycaenidae Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 4/16/2002 Location: Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ
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Common name:  Inchworm eating leaf Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Geometridae Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 6/2001 Location: Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ
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Common name:  Inchworm eating leaf Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Geometridae Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 6/2001 Location: Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ
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Common name:  Inchworm on flower Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Geometridae Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 4/20/2002 Location: Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ
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Common name:  Hornworm, wandering stage just prior to pupation Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae Sub-family: Sphinginae Genus: Manduca Species: Manduca sexta Date: 10/27/2002 Location: Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ
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Common name:  Hornworm, pupa, in diapause to wait-out the coming winter Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae Sub-family: Sphinginae Genus: Manduca Species: Manduca sexta Date: 11/02/2002 Location: Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ
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Common name:  Giant Swallowtail pupa; old head and forelegs have fallen off Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Papilionidae Sub-family: . Genus: Papilio Species: Papilio cresphontes Date: 5/9/2002 Location: Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ
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Common name:  Bagworm1 hatchling on mesquite leaf Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Psychidae Sub-family: . Genus: Thyridopteryx Species: Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Date: 08/01/2003 Location: Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ
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Common name:  Bagworm1 Moth caterpillar found in mesquite tree Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Psychidae Sub-family: . Genus: Thyridopteryx Species: Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Date: 08/01/2003 Location: Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ
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Common name:  Caterpillar (Sphinx hornworm?) Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: . Sub-family: . Genus: . Species: . Date: 8/1/2003 Location: Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ
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Common name:  White-lined Sphinx caterpillar (2nd or 3rd instar) Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae Sub-family: . Genus: Hyles Species: Hyles lineata Date: 8/1/2003 Location: Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ
Comment: on Bouvardia plant

Common name:  White-lined Sphinx caterpillar, dark form Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae Sub-family: . Genus: Hyles Species: Hyles lineata Date: xx/xx/2003 Location: Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ
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