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Larva
Larva head capsule black. 3 pairs of black thoracic legs. 5 pairs of prolegs. Body surface fully covered in bright yellow hairs. The first and third segments of abdomen each with two clusters of black slender setae. Another cluster of black slender setae in the center of the eighth segment of abdomen.
Adult
Adult has a pair of filiform antennae. Pagina fully scaly in white, grey, and dark brown, some symmetrical patterns faintly visible. Forewing exoloma undulate.
Photo By Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren , used under CC-BY-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods Class
Bugs Order
Moths and butterflies Family
Owlet moths Genus
Dagger moths Species
American dagger moth 
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