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Frank Peairs, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5364225

saltmarsh caterpillar (Estigmene acrea) (Drury, 1773)

Photographer:
Frank Peairs
Organization:
Colorado State University
Descriptor:
Larva(e)
Image view:
Dorsal-Lateral
Description:
Larva of the saltmarsh caterpillar (Estigmene acrea), seen here on sugar beet.
Image type:
Laboratory
Host:
sugar beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (sugar beet group))

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Subject

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Beta
Subject: Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (sugar beet group)

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Beta
Subject: Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (sugar beet group)
Node Affiliation:
Colorado State University
Image uploaded:
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Image last updated:
Tuesday, April 22, 2008