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Caterpillar

Haploa confusa

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Field Notes

Description:

About 2 inches long, black with yellow stripes. Similar to Oakworm Caterpillar but with fewer stripes.

Habitat:

Rural SW Pennsylvania

Species ID Suggestions

Confused Haploa

Haploa confusa

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Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (6)
Jacob Gorneau
Caterpillar: revisited! Haploa sp., Haploa confusa looks like the best match to me. I love your most recent comment on this spotting, for science!! :-)
William_Dembowski
Yeh ... They might make you itchy but it's all in the name of science.
deanoso
I don't think feeling the spines/hairs is a good idea. They might make you itchy.
William_Dembowski
Sorry for the slow response. It was pretty hairy but they didn't appear to be stiff enough to call spines. Can't be sure, though ... I should have felt it.

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PublishedSeptember 28, 2011

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