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Banded Tussock Moth Caterpillar

Halysidota tessellaris

Photo by jillmbader
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

I captured this while hiking in the woods of Big South Fork NRRA. It was suspended in what appeared to be a spider web approximately 2m high.

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AnnaWhipkey
Tussock Moth caterpillar, family Lymantriidae
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PublishedMarch 23, 2012

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