<p>I like the pretty grasses too.
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So I think this is a cattail caterpillar (<i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Simyra_insularis" title="Simyra insularis">Simyra insularis</a></i>), but this seems to be one of those species where the experts disagree on how to categorize it, making it tricky to find more information.
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