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Caterpillar - Orgyia antiqua
Copyright © 2006 rattlingspider

Caterpillar - Orgyia antiqua
Rotherfield, East Sussex, England County
October 14, 2006
Attractive little guy, but have no idea what moth or butterfly he will become. Can you help? Thanks.
Contributed by rattlingspider on 14 October, 2006 - 3:02am
Last updated 18 October, 2006 - 6:33pm

Vapourer
we are a North American site but we do have this species NA
see HERE
except that we have misspelled the specific epithet!
… Tony-2, 14 October, 2006 - 7:08am

 
Corrected
Whenever I see a minor, obviously unintentional error like this, I just fix it (after checking to make sure I have it right, of course).
… Chuck Entz, 14 October, 2006 - 10:46am

 
Well,
kudos to you.
… Tony-2, 14 October, 2006 - 11:06am

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