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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Tussock Moths (Lymantriidae) » Orgyiini » Dasychira » Yellow-based Tussock Moth - Hodges#8296 (Dasychira basiflava)
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Dasychira caterpillar maybe? if not what is it? - Dasychira basiflava
Copyright © 2008 zbollen

Dasychira caterpillar maybe? if not what is it? - Dasychira basiflava
Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA
June 2, 2008
Size: 1 inch in length
what is this caterpillar? and more... what does it eat... it's habitat?

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Dasychira caterpillar maybe? if not what is it? - Dasychira basiflava Dasychira caterpillar maybe? if not what is it? - Dasychira basiflava
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Contributed by zbollen on 2 June, 2008 - 6:17pm
Last updated 25 December, 2008 - 9:59pm

Moved
Moved from Orgyiini. We don't see the clubbed black setae, so we're moving instead to basiflava
… john and jane balaban, 25 December, 2008 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 8 November, 2008 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

most likely Dasychira vagans
The Variable Tussock Moth is in your Maryland area, similar cousins Southern Tussock and Yellow-based Tussock are farther south. Eats mostly oak, but also apple, willow, and birch.
… Danny Mims, 2 June, 2008 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

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