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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Phaegopterina » Lophocampa » Spotted Tussock Moth - Hodges#8214 (Lophocampa maculata)
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Fuzzy fall caterpillar - Lophocampa maculata
Copyright © 2007 Baerster

Fuzzy fall caterpillar - Lophocampa maculata
Puget Sound lowlands, Kitsap County, Washington, USA
October 6, 2007
Size: 1 inch
Found in grass near a gas station, haven't figured out what it likes to eat. I brought it home for our young daughter and am wondering what we can do to increase the chances that it will pupate.
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Contributed by Baerster on 7 October, 2007 - 10:45pm
Last updated 11 February, 2008 - 6:35pm

Caterpillar photo
This is an interesting photo. If it is L. maculata, it may represent a variation on the normal color pattern. I would like to get additional info on this specimen, and any other photos you might have of it for my research project on this species. Please contact me at the email with this comment or at kgs@lclark.edu. Thank you.
… ken strothkamp, 2 March, 2010 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

I am very much interested in
I am very much interested in this photo and would like to get some additional information for a research project I am doing on this species. Please contact me by email. I will be happy to provide details of my research. Use the email address given or kgs@lclark.edu.

Thanks.
… ken strothkamp, 22 September, 2009 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tiger Moths.
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… john and jane balaban, 11 November, 2007 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

Lophocampa maculata - Spotted Tussock Moth
info in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 8 October, 2007 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

Tussock Moth?
Could it be one of these:
http://www3.islandtelecom.com/~oehlkew/slmacula.htm
… Baerster, 7 October, 2007 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

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