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Giant leopard moth caterpillar

Hypercompe scribonia

Description:

3 inches long by 3/4 inch wide. Prickly (not as soft as tiger moth larva aka common wooly bear)

Habitat:

Found in sand of playground

Notes:

Dd found it by accident when she sat on it in a sandbox...ouch!

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Illinois, USA

Spotted on Oct 15, 2016
Submitted on Feb 27, 2017

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