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Caterpillar-thinking Arctia caja - Arctia
Copyright © 2012 Stick

Caterpillar-thinking Arctia caja - Arctia
Lake Placid, Essex County, New York, USA
May 24, 2012
This is the largest, and hairiest caterpillar I've ever seen..

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Caterpillar-thinking Arctia caja - Arctia Caterpillar-thinking Arctia caja - Arctia
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Contributed by Stick on 25 May, 2012 - 6:35pm
Last updated 24 September, 2018 - 1:48pm

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Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 15 November, 2012 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

You could very well be correct.
Laci found the paper that describes opulenta here and its habitat is arctic and subarctic.
… john and jane balaban, 15 November, 2012 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

MPG has an Arctia opulenta
here, but we don't know anything about it.
… john and jane balaban, 18 June, 2012 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John & Jane. I was jus
Thanks John & Jane. I was just going by what I read in Caterpillars of Easter North America.
… Stick, 18 June, 2012 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

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