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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
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what caterpillar is this? yellow, furry, and fluffy, looks like a tiny kitten!! Help identify please! - Megalopyge
Copyright © 2008 cleve

what caterpillar is this? yellow, furry, and fluffy, looks like a tiny kitten!! Help identify please! - Megalopyge
mcallen, tx, Texas, USA
September 30, 2008
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Contributed by cleve on 30 September, 2008 - 5:03pm
Last updated 15 May, 2018 - 6:39am

Moved
Moved from Lagoa.
… Steve Nanz, 15 May, 2018 - 6:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Megalopyge.
… john and jane balaban, 30 April, 2014 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

Do not touch
Looks like a Megalopyge. Hairs can very extremely painful. Be careful breathing around it as well. Better yet, get rid of it if you have not already done so.
… Harry Zirlin, 30 September, 2008 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

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