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caterpillar - Hemileuca burnsi
Copyright © 2007 Cindy Calisher

caterpillar - Hemileuca burnsi
Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
April 10, 2007
Size: approx. 2.5"
There were lots of these good-sized caterpillars on the indigo bushes near Towne Pass. I have tentatively identified them as a Hemileuca species, but it I can't find any pictures online that exactly match.

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Contributed by Cindy Calisher on 12 April, 2007 - 9:12am
Last updated 21 January, 2018 - 4:58pm

Moved
Moved from Hemileuca.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 January, 2018 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

My guess would be-
H. burnsi
… Chris Grinter, 6 December, 2009 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

We would agree with Hemileuca
It looks a lot like our eastern H. maia. Arizona Moths list a Tricolor buckmoth (Hemileuca tricolor) [ MONA 7727 ] with Foodplants that look like legumes:
Littleleaf paloverde (Cercidium microphyllum)
mesquite (Prosopis juliflora)
catclaw acacia (Acacia greggii)
but unfortunately no image of the caterpillar.
… john and jane balaban, 12 April, 2007 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

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