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Fuzzy blonde caterpillar - Spilosoma virginica
Copyright © 2011 Carol Rittiman

Fuzzy blonde caterpillar - Spilosoma virginica
Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas, USA
April 24, 2011
Size: 1 inch
Found on the ground, in a weedy area that had just been trimmed. Plants were wild carrot, greenbrier, wild poinsettia, buttercup. Under an ashe juniper tree.

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Contributed by Carol Rittiman on 24 April, 2011 - 6:13pm
Last updated 3 November, 2018 - 2:47pm

Moved
Moved from Tiger Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 3 November, 2018 - 2:47pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 1 July, 2011 - 3:22pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 29 April, 2011 - 1:47pm

or freshly moulted
did you keep it to watch it dry out?
… john and jane balaban, 24 April, 2011 - 7:09pm

 
Unfortunately, I've lost trac
Unfortunately, I've lost track of it. I didn't really think about it being wet - it hasn't rained here for 4 or 5 days, not much dew, and no watering going on.
… Carol Rittiman, 24 April, 2011 - 7:42pm

Maybe
a wet Megalopyge?
… John R. Maxwell, 24 April, 2011 - 6:28pm

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