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Spotted tussock caterpillar

Lophacampa maculata

Photo by SherriDamlo
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This caterpillar is hard to identify because I think it's a spotted tussock moth caterpillar and that particular moth has a bunch of different colorings depending on its age. I think it's in its mid-instar stage because of the black spots along its back.

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PublishedMarch 12, 2011

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