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caterpillar - Spilosoma virginica
Copyright © 2009 Molly Jacobson

caterpillar - Spilosoma virginica
Beaver Brook Association, Hollis, New Hampshire, USA
October 4, 2009
This caterpillar looks familiar... american dagger moth, perhaps? No, probably not seeing that it has no black long tufts of fur. Other photo is the plant I found it on.
Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 11 October, 2009 - 9:16am
Last updated 16 November, 2009 - 5:44pm

Moved
Moved from Tiger Moths.
… John F. Carr, 16 November, 2009 - 5:44pm

spilosoma virginica
*
… roar, 16 November, 2009 - 5:13pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 15 November, 2009 - 5:22pm

any more images?
lateral? etc.?
… john and jane balaban, 11 October, 2009 - 3:51pm

 
sorry
i don't!
… Molly Jacobson, 13 October, 2009 - 3:09pm

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