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Field Notes

Description:

black and yellow fuzzy caterpillars with lines running head to tail. gathered in clusters of our oak tree.

Habitat:

west central ga

Notes:

Possibly the same species as these (https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1829571511) however, these were double the size and are the ones that ate the leaves and galls.

Species ID Suggestions

Contracted datana caterpillars (2nd instar)

Datana contracta

Reference Link
Saturniidae27
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