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Fuzzy black and white caterpillar - Lophocampa caryae
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Fuzzy black and white caterpillar - Lophocampa caryae
Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
August 28, 2009
?Hickory tussock moth? 1 of 2

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Fuzzy black and white caterpillar - Lophocampa caryae Fuzzy black and white caterpillar - Lophocampa caryae
Contributed by LynnPritchett on 29 August, 2009 - 10:06pm
Last updated 31 August, 2009 - 11:42pm

Please delete your image from your comment
and post it instead to ID Request where it will be seen by visitors.
… john and jane balaban, 8 September, 2009 - 6:23pm

Fuzzy B&w caterpillar
I have one almost identical to this Lophocampa caryae, but with long black tufts. Anyone got any ideas?
… Karen Arms, 8 September, 2009 - 2:08pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 30 August, 2009 - 9:48am

check out
Hickory Tussock Moth
http://bugguide.net/node/view/5690
… Darrin O'Brien, 30 August, 2009 - 7:35am

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