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red-and-yellow-striped caterpillar with black head - Datana perspicua

red-and-yellow-striped caterpillar with black head - Datana perspicua
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
August 18, 2012
I saw two on the plant

Moved
Moved from Datana.

Moved

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

The plant
looks like it might be Winged Sumac. If so, this is likely an early instar Datana perspicua

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