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banded woolly bear

Pyrrharctia isabella

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42.2025, -88.9893

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Description:

black and brown segmented fuzzy caterpillar

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Pyrrharctia isabella

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Comments (4)
antimatterhands
well they have some wild stuff down there from what ive seen so im jealous. and still irritated about this lil guy. live and learn i guess.
KristenFrancis
that really sucks!!! i'm from PA but now live in mexico and haven't seen one of those for awhile!
antimatterhands
yea dont really believe that but i should have saved this one cause the next day our forest preserve intentionally burned down the prairie so its probably dead now.
Maria dB
When I spotted my first one, I was told about their role in weather prediction; see http://www.almanac.com/content/predicting-winter-weather-woolly-bear-caterpillars

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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2012 Best Wildlife Photo
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Caterpillars and larvae of the World
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PublishedMarch 14, 2012

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