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Furry Thing - Pyrrharctia isabella
Copyright © 2009 Daniel Gene Miller Jr.

Furry Thing - Pyrrharctia isabella
Aberdeen, Harford County, Maryland, USA
October 13, 2009
Size: 2 inches
A fuzzy caterpillar.
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Contributed by Daniel Gene Miller Jr. on 13 October, 2009 - 11:37am
Last updated 13 October, 2009 - 8:26pm

Maryland Biodiversity Project (MBP)
This is a wonderful color variant. We'd love to add this photo to MBP if you'd be amenable to becoming a photo contributor. You'd be fully credited. http://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/viewSpecies.php?species=2485.
Thanks for considering - Nancy Magnusson
… Nancy Magnusson, 23 February, 2017 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

 
Nancy
Go right ahead. :) glad you like it!
… Daniel Gene Miller Jr., 23 February, 2017 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 13 October, 2009 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Yes, is it
Pyrrharctia isabella with very little black?
… john and jane balaban, 13 October, 2009 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I
think you're right. There were others with more black crawling around close by.
… Daniel Gene Miller Jr., 13 October, 2009 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

I was thinking a Yellow Bear,
I was thinking a Yellow Bear, since they are so variable in colouration, but this specimen does not appear to have the two lengths of hair, as I believe is a general identifier to that species.
… asalyi, 13 October, 2009 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

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