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Spotted Tussock Moth caterpillar - Lophocampa maculata
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Spotted Tussock Moth caterpillar - Lophocampa maculata
Newfound Gap, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Swain County, North Carolina, USA
August 9, 2008
Size: circa 25 mm
Size estimated. It was on some sort of shrub or small tree, I'm not quite sure what.
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Contributed by Cotinis on 19 October, 2008 - 8:37pm
Last updated 13 November, 2008 - 8:25pm

I am conducting a research pr
I am conducting a research project on this species and would like to get some additional informnation about this specimen. Please contact me at kgs@lclark.edu or the email address with this comment. Thank you.
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