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Rust caterpillar - Apantesis
Copyright © 2017 Miss Pea

Rust caterpillar - Apantesis
Lorton/Meadowood Recreation Center, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
October 7, 2017
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Contributed by Miss Pea on 7 October, 2017 - 7:05pm
Last updated 1 October, 2018 - 3:09pm

Moved
Moved from Tiger Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 1 October, 2018 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

ID of this Caterpillar…
Try this…
Salt Marsh Moth [CATERPILLAR] (Estigmene acrea)…
http://bugguide.net/node/view/342453
… Bkripto, 11 October, 2017 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

ID of this Caterpillar…
It definitely looks like a
Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar),
BUT…
It isn't…
Try this…
Lophocampa argentata - Silver-spotted Tiger Moth http://bugguide.net/node/view/43315/bgimage
… Bkripto, 8 October, 2017 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

 
silver-spotted tiger moth
I am preparing a description and wikipedia states:
It is found from British Columbia to southern California, and east to Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and possibly to northern Mexico.
I saw this in Virginia
… Miss Pea, 9 October, 2017 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

host plant
if you have host plant info it aids considerably in ID of caterpillars
… Royal M. Tyler, Jr., 7 October, 2017 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

 
HOST PLANT
i was bird watching, someone picked it up - i think from the ground.

no worries if you can't id it.
… Miss Pea, 7 October, 2017 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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