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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampoidea) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampidae) » Poecilocampinae » Tolype
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hairy blue bumped caterpillar - Tolype
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

hairy blue bumped caterpillar - Tolype
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 10, 2006
Size: 16mm
I found this one on a large blade of grass. It might be an early/mid instar, and I couldn't find anything like it in Wagner.

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Contributed by tom murray on 10 June, 2006 - 9:16pm
Last updated 27 December, 2008 - 1:05pm

Thanks John and Jane
It's a real good match for the Tolype picture you linked.
… tom murray, 27 December, 2008 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

How about this image
identified here as Tolype
… john and jane balaban, 27 December, 2008 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Wow! You are finding the wildest things!
Long soft hairs, like a Lappet, but just wild! Wonder what a young Lappet, page 228, does look like. We'll have to check that out. Meanwhile we'll await the answers you get on this beauty.
… john and jane balaban, 10 June, 2006 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Lappet is a good possibility
It has the tapering hind quarters, and Wagner's picture shows a hint of the blue marks.
… tom murray, 11 June, 2006 - 6:29am login or register to post comments

 
Check out the discussion
on
… john and jane balaban, 3 July, 2006 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

 
Moved
to the family page. I didn't have any luck rearing it, so I won't find out that way. Thanks for the help.
… tom murray, 5 July, 2006 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

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