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Scarce Bordered Straw Caterpillar

Helicoverpa armigera (caterpillar)

Scarce Bordered Straw Caterpillar

This caterpillar feeds openly on the leaves, flowers, and developing fruit of many cultivated and wild plants. It crawls through crops and low vegetation, chewing steadily and often hiding among foliage between feeding bouts. When disturbed, it may curl its body or drop from the plant on a silk thread.

Type
Shell
Conservation status
NE

Growth chain

  1. Scarce Bordered Straw Caterpillar
  2. ?
  3. Scarce Bordered Straw

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