White-Marked Tussock Moth Caterpillar (Orgyia Leucostigma)

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Photo by MichelleLawlor

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Insecta
• Order: Lepidoptera
• Family: Eribidae
• Genus: Orgyia
• species: leucostigma

Identifying Information:
• scientific name: Orgyia Leucostigma
• category: butterfly or moth
• size: (adult, length) 0.47 " to 1.37"
• Colors: yellow, white, black, orange, gray, brown
• descriptors: spiky, hairy, feather, flying, bumps

Habitat:

My son spotted this in our driveway. We love in a suburban community in Charlotte, NC.

Notes:

We have never seen anything like this before. My son just happened to look down and see this in our driveway. He took a picture and thankfully knew to not touch it.

Reference Links:

White-marked Tussock Moth

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