Daily 13 is Schlaeger's Fruitworm

"The overall visual effect of such markings gives the moth the appearance of bird droppings. Such mimicry helps keep it safe from predators during the spring and summer months of activity."

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There is one generation per year of The speckled green fruitworm overwinters as a pupa in the soil. Adults emerge from in spring climb to the tips of limbs and spurs where they conceal themselves by webbing the leaves together with silk

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