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Hairy White Caterpillar - Apatelodes torrefacta
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Hairy White Caterpillar - Apatelodes torrefacta
Peachtree Corners, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
August 27, 2019
Some type of Flannel Moth (?) …possibly (Megalopyge sp.) (??)

On Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) in a mixed pine/ deciduous forest. (Thanks)

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Hairy White Caterpillar - Apatelodes torrefacta Hairy White Caterpillar - Apatelodes torrefacta
Contributed by Preston Chappell on 8 February, 2020 - 7:55am
Last updated 4 January, 2022 - 4:55pm

With those red feet and black hair pencil
we would suggest Apatelodes torrefacta

though we don't know if we've seen one so in need of a comb!
… john and jane balaban, 8 February, 2020 - 8:08am

 
Thanks J&J.
I wondered about it possibly being a Spotted Apatelodes.  I have seen Spotted Apatelodes cats here locally (both white and yellow-colored varieties) but as you mention this guy was having a real wild hair day.  Very whimsical ...it looked like a good candidate for a Dr. Seuss character! 
… Preston Chappell, 8 February, 2020 - 9:00am

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