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However, soon after arriving at the Meadow, I was very excited to find caterpillars of the goatweed leafwing on the Texas goatweed (Croton capitatus, aka hogwort or woolly croton) plants growing abundantly along the roadside edge.
Museum Blogs 2009
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However, in contrast to the whimsical spicebush cats, leafwing catepillars are rather drab, greenish with whitish bumps on the body, and a slightly warty, dark head.
Museum Blogs 2009
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