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Tiger moth caterpillar - Estigmene acrea
Copyright © 2005 Beatriz Moisset

Tiger moth caterpillar - Estigmene acrea
Pennypack Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 25, 2003
Thanks for any help with ID.
Southeastern PA
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 3 January, 2005 - 4:25pm
Last updated 20 December, 2018 - 11:28am

Tiger Moth
Reminds me of a salt marsh caterpillar but I never can be sure about those (Estigmene acrea). Probably some sort of tiger moth caterpillar though.
… Troy Bartlett, 3 January, 2005 - 11:45pm

 
Caterpillar
Thanks.
… Beatriz Moisset, 4 January, 2005 - 9:20am

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