# Velvetbean caterpillar, eggs 2014-06-06-14.48.01 ZS PMax (15753693807)

- By: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA
- Date: 2014-06-11
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: velvetbean caterpillar, eggs_2014-06-06-14.48.01 ZS PMax
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Velvetbean_caterpillar,_eggs_2014-06-06-14.48.01_ZS_PMax_(15753693807).jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Velvetbean_caterpillar%2C_eggs_2014-06-06-14.48.01_ZS_PMax_%2815753693807%29.jpg/1920px-Velvetbean_caterpillar%2C_eggs_2014-06-06-14.48.01_ZS_PMax_%2815753693807%29.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Anticarsia gemmatalis - Velvetbean Caterpillar - This species can't overwinter in most of North America but moves north to populate bean and legume fields in large enough numbers to become a major pest, but like our other pesty moths.

Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200