(Probable) salt marsh tiger moth caterpillar. - Estigmene acrea

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(Probable) salt marsh tiger moth caterpillar. - Estigmene acrea

Metcalfe, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
August 4, 2008
Size: 5 cm

Large hairy caterpillar (with bare patch on dorsal surface) found crawling across lawn and moved closer to house for photographing. Very fast. Believed to be salt marsh tiger moth rather than Virginian tiger moth due to presence of colourful tubercles and longer hairs at rear end.

Contributed by Amy MacPherson on 5 August, 2008 - 7:49pm

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