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Description:

Caterpillar, yellow, black and white stripes, orange head.

Species ID Suggestions

orange-humped mapleworm

symmerista leucitys

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antimatterhands
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Comments (7)
Jacob Gorneau
I'm pretty sure species of Symmerista are indistinguishable unless reared to adults.
antimatterhands
3 black and 2 white lines on top of back signifies mapleworm
antimatterhands
looks like two different species. its either orange-humped mapleworm or red-humped oakworm. so if you know what tree either is from...
AmberLundeen
This one looks similar to the orange one Orange-humped Mapleworm http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Symmerista-leucitys
traymun999
I added 2 more pics - the front end of the orangey one and the rear end of the yellow one.
traymun999
One view is of the head, the other is of the tail end. They are 2 different specimens- one was more orange than the other, but they both had the same pattern stripes and the same black and white leopard print on the tail.
AmberLundeen
Where were these spotted and are all of the photos of the same caterpiller?

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PublishedAugust 16, 2011

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