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can anyone tell me what kind of caterpillar this is? will it become a moth or butterfly? I found it in Orange Park, Florida - Orgyia detrita

can anyone tell me what kind of caterpillar this is? will it become a moth or butterfly? I found it in Orange Park, Florida - Orgyia detrita
Orange Park, Florida, USA
March 20, 2012
Size: approximately 1.2 inches

Moved
Moved from Orgyiini.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

I agree with Ken
It looks like a Fir Tussock Moth (Orgyia detrita)
Guide page here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/6732

Tussock Moth caterpillar
Maybe something close to this one:



The moth specialists should be able to confirm or correct, so wait to hear from them.

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Thank you Ken. I thought for sure it would become a butterfly due the brilliant colors but either way I will be enlightened to witness the metamorphosis of the cocoons.

 
Brilliant colors don't necessarily transfer
Brilliant colors don't necessarily transfer from larva to adult. See, for example, Cucullia convexipennis, whose larva looks like this and whose adult looks like this .

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