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cinnabar moth caterpillars - Tyria jacobaeae
Copyright © 2008 Andrew Reding

cinnabar moth caterpillars - Tyria jacobaeae
Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington, USA
July 26, 2008
Looks like Halloween! On tansy ragwort.
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Contributed by Andrew Reding on 26 July, 2008 - 3:13pm
Last updated 26 July, 2008 - 5:00pm

Cinnabar
Cinnabar moth, commonly found Day-flying moth. I actually don't know why, but I have not found any caterpillars like this yet..
… Illia-Shaundra Chavez, 26 July, 2008 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

Cinnabar Moth
Looks like caterpillars of the Cinnabar moth to me...

See here, for example:
… Armin Hinterwirth, 26 July, 2008 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

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