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caterpillar - Orgyia antiqua
Copyright © 2008 OsanGar

caterpillar - Orgyia antiqua
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
July 20, 2008
Size: an inch or so
It looks poisonous but I'm not sure....any help would be great :)
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Contributed by OsanGar on 21 July, 2008 - 1:12pm
Last updated 30 December, 2008 - 10:01pm

Moved
Moved from Orgyia.
… john and jane balaban, 30 December, 2008 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Fir Tussock Moth. Thought for sure it was detrita, but then we saw Alberta. Don't know if it's up there. Wagner seems to say coastal plain. ?? Maybe this is vetusta?
… john and jane balaban, 26 December, 2008 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Orgyia.
… john and jane balaban, 26 December, 2008 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 17 August, 2008 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

Found a
similar image listed as rusty tussock moth, Orgyia antiqua. Data page does show that species as found in Canada.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 21 July, 2008 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
one of the tussock moth caterpillars. I've never heard of them being poisonous, although I don't think I'd eat it:)
… Jon M. Yuschock, 21 July, 2008 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

Caterpillar
Looks like a white-marked tussock moth caterpillar...Ogyia leucostigma. Like the other tussock moths, very irritating spines.
… Judith E. Foester, 21 July, 2008 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

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