Smeared Dagger Moth caterpillar
Acronicta oblinita
38.7577, -77.0984
Field Notes
Description:
A couple of Smeared Dagger Moth caterpillars, a type of stinging caterpillar, spotted along the boardwalk that goes through the central wetland area at Huntley Meadows Park. "Stinging caterpillars use poison-filled bristles to defend themselves from predators. If you touch a stinging caterpillar, you'll know it by the burning, itching ..." Source Credit: http://insects.about.com/od/butterfliesmoths/ig/Stinging-Caterpillars/S… Related Resource: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Acronicta-oblinita
Habitat:
Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntley/
Notes:
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2013
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