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yellow woolly bear

Spilosoma virginica

Photo by 21ajenkins
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Field Notes

Description:

A wormlike larva of a moth or a butterfly. A little hairy worm-like animal that will build a cocoon and eventually become a moth.

Habitat:

Butterflies and moths live and breed in diverse habitats, including salt marshes, mangroves, San dunes, lowland forest, wetlands, grasslands, and mountain zones.

Species ID Suggestions

Yellow wooly bear

Spilosoma virginica
21ajenkins
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Yellow woolly bear

Spilosoma virginica

Reference Link
Ornithoptera80
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PublishedOctober 18, 2019

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