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Virginia Tiger Moth caterpillar

Photo by Guy Bird
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Fuzzy like a Wooly Bear, lightish orange.

Habitat:

Parking lot next to bushes.

Notes:

I've never seen a Wooly Bear that's a lightish orange before.

Species ID Suggestions

Virginia Tiger Moth Catipillar

Spilosoma virginica

Reference Link
Samuel Hartman
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Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
Hey Guy.. if you don't disagree with Samuel's ID suggestion (it looks pretty good to me) please update the names. Thanks.
Samuel Hartman
Also check out: http://bugguide.net/node/view/498/bgimage

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PublishedSeptember 20, 2013

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