Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Spotted Tussock Moth

Lophocampa maculata

3 Comments

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

I have moved this to the Arthropods category for you.

we-love-to-camp1
we-love-to-camp1 11 years ago

it could be a spiky caterpillar?

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

The two different variations you have here are both found in your area. We only have the more typically patterned ones here in NY.

Richmond, California, USA

Spotted on Oct 20, 2012
Submitted on Oct 23, 2012

Related Spottings

Lophocampa Lophocampa pupa Lophocampa sp. Caterpillar Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar

Nearby Spottings

Spotting White-tailed Kite (juvenile) Spotting Ivy
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team