Salt Marsh Caterpillar by Seabiscuit

I found this creature at the Pistol Creek Wetlands Center. I looked it up in my Dad's Audubon book. It is called a Salt Marsh Caterpillar or an Acraea Moth. It is found in salt marshes, fields and pastures. The Wetlands Center used to be a pasture. It eats cord grass. You can find it in all of North America except the northern part of Canada.

This is what the Acraea Moth looks like when it comes out of its cocoon.


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