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Saddleback Caterpillar - Acharia stimulea

Saddleback Caterpillar - Acharia stimulea
Clermont, Hall County, Georgia, USA
October 5, 2013
I was burned by one of these years ago. This one has a wasp egg on its back.

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Cocoon
That is a cocoon; the black spots are emegence holes where wasp larvae emerged prior to spinning cocoons.

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