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Leptarctia californiae caterpillar??
Copyright © 2019 Libby & Rick Avis

Leptarctia californiae caterpillar??
Alberni Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
July 12, 2019
Think this may be Leptarctia californiae, based on description in Powell & Opler, Moths of Western North America: "larva dark brown with a long caudal tuft and an orange mid-dorsal line.

Also good match for third instar on Utah Lepidoptera Society website:
http://www.utahlepsociety.org/lcaliforniae.html

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Leptarctia californiae caterpillar?? Leptarctia californiae caterpillar??
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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 16 October, 2019 - 1:29pm
Last updated 26 December, 2021 - 8:25pm

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