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Yellow Bear caterpillar

Photo by redvalor
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Field Notes

Description:

Appeared to have had dark brown stripinging beneath the long, yellow guard hairs.

Notes:

Found in the garden amongst the beans and some wild nightshade.

Species ID Suggestions

yellow bear

Spilosoma virginica

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antimatterhands
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Virginian Tiger Moth or Yellow Woolybear Moth

Spilosoma virginica

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RachelM
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