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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tussock Moths (Lymantriinae) » Orgyiini » Dasychira » Dasychira tephra - Hodges#8292 (Dasychira tephra)
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What Tussock Caterpillar it this? - Dasychira tephra
Copyright © 2014 Janice Jones

What Tussock Caterpillar it this? - Dasychira tephra
Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida, USA
August 28, 2014
Size: 35 to 40mm
Dorsal view

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What Tussock Caterpillar it this? - Dasychira tephra What Tussock Caterpillar it this? - Dasychira tephra What Tussock Caterpillar it this? - Dasychira tephra What Tussock Caterpillar it this? - Dasychira tephra
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Contributed by Janice Jones on 1 September, 2014 - 11:34am
Last updated 13 September, 2014 - 9:11am

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Thank you.
That might actually be a Banded-Tussock. I'd wait for an expert. This specimen is quite faded. I'm still leaning toward the Pine Tussock. But it could also be a Sharp-lined tussock. Man, this one is throwing me. Definitely wait for an expert. :)
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 3 September, 2014 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

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