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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Flannel Moths (Megalopygidae) » Megalopyge » Southern Flannel Moth - Hodges#4647 (Megalopyge opercularis)
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hairy caterpiller - Megalopyge opercularis
Copyright © 2016 Laporello

hairy caterpiller - Megalopyge opercularis
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
August 31, 2016
Size: 1.5 inches
The head is on the right.
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Contributed by Laporello on 31 August, 2016 - 4:46pm
Last updated 3 September, 2016 - 4:11am

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… Charley Eiseman, 3 September, 2016 - 4:11am login or register to post comments

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… Kyhl Austin, 2 September, 2016 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

I'm no expert but...
It looks like a southern flannel moth caterpillar to me (Megalopyge opercularis)
Like this one:
… gastropodes, 31 August, 2016 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
I am also not an expert,
but I agree with Megalopyge opercularis.
It is a better match than Lagoa crispata, which is mentioned on the info page of M. opercularis.
… Owen Davids, 31 August, 2016 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

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