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cluster of spiny caterpillars which resulted in an intensely painful sting - Hemileuca
Copyright © 2007 Scott Camazine

cluster of spiny caterpillars which resulted in an intensely painful sting - Hemileuca
New Orleans, Audubon Park, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
March 31, 2007
Size: about an inch long
cluster of caterpillars on oak and other plant species
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Contributed by Scott Camazine on 31 March, 2007 - 7:50pm
Last updated 1 April, 2007 - 3:59pm

Buck Moth
Hemileuca maia. Sorry about the sting. Coloration is interesting, but the food plant suggests it's H. maia and not H. lucina.
… Bobby Grizzard, 31 March, 2007 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

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