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Silk Worm- Caterpillar

Bombyx mori

Photo by NicholeSauve
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Field Notes

Description:

Possible silk worm? Can't find a match with yellow, but looks similar. http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?guide=Caterpillars Please input if you know specifics. White, black dots forming line down side, under which is yellow. Yellow head. No hair.

Habitat:

Near waters edge, by dam.

Reference Links:

Caterpillars -- identification guide -- Discover Life

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
keithp2012
That's not a silkworm caterpillar, silkworms (bombyx mori) are not found anywhere in the wild.

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