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White fuzzy caterpillar with black head and stripe down back - Lophocampa caryae
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White fuzzy caterpillar with black head and stripe down back - Lophocampa caryae
St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
October 5, 2009
Contributed by leilani037 on 5 October, 2009 - 8:23pm
Last updated 16 October, 2009 - 3:37pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Abigail Parker, 16 October, 2009 - 3:37pm

Maybe some kind of Tussock?
Perhaps the Hickory Tussock? I'm confused by the taxonomy with those though, why are they not under Lymantriidae? Blah, I'll go ask on the forums.

In any case here is the page with the hickory tussock, so you can decide.
… Seb, 6 October, 2009 - 10:22am

 
Hickory Tussock indeed
Common names are so frustrating sometimes...this is certainly the Hickory Tussock Moth, which is really a tiger moth :-) The black patches down the back are distinctive.
… Abigail Parker, 16 October, 2009 - 3:37pm

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