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Black & yellow caterpillar on Ponderosa Pine - Lophocampa
Copyright © 2015 Jim Burns

Black & yellow caterpillar on Ponderosa Pine - Lophocampa
Pinal Peak, 6000 ft , Pinal County, Arizona, USA
April 18, 2015
Size: 25mm
Black & yellow caterpillar on Ponderosa Pine
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Contributed by Jim Burns on 30 April, 2015 - 3:03pm
Last updated 17 May, 2015 - 9:43pm

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… john and jane balaban, 17 May, 2015 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

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… Kyhl Austin, 5 May, 2015 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be Lophocampa
not sure how many are possible in Arizona.
… john and jane balaban, 30 April, 2015 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks guys! Amazing to me,
Thanks guys! Amazing to me, an untrained amateur naturalist just getting into moths, that someone out there can identify caterpillars to genus. Looks like 6 Lophocampa species in Arizona, and L. ingens is the one specific to Ponderosa Pine, so that's likely what it is.
… Jim Burns, 1 May, 2015 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

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