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Banded Tussock Moth caterpillar

Halysidota tessellaris

Photo by NicholeSauve
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Description:

Fuzzy. Full yellow. Four black horns, two on each end. Notice the front also has two more smaller, black tufts of fur pointing straight out from anterior area underneath the taller ones.

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Halysidota tessellaris -- Banded Tussock Moth caterpillar photo - Bev Wigney p…

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