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Mottled cupmoth - early larva

Doratifera vulnerans

Photo by MartinL
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Description:

A tiny brown bristled slug caterpillar with a yellow saddle.
There were two spotted on adjacent leaves. They grow into an even more bizarre caterpillar and then an intricately brown mottled moth. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8662735
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/9151318
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7962916

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File:Cup moth caterpillar.jpg, Mottled Cup Moth - Doratifera vulnerans

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Comments (5)
MartinL
Karen, I got touched by one last year and it caused an itchy rash for about half an hour.
MrsPbio
Looks like one of those buggers that can really pack a wallop of a sting with those colorful spines!
C.Sydes
just followed through with your refs. . . . . . the extravagance displayed by these little critters is overwhelming.

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PublishedFebruary 20, 2013

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