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Unknown Caterpillar

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auntnance123
Introduced maybe? The presence of it's host plants might support the suggested ID.
peter
Yep, I agree with auntnance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgyia_leucostigma
auntnance123
looks a lot like a white marked tussock moth a (those are native to North America though)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Do you have any more photos of this spotting? I can't really see it to be able to ID it.

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