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Orgyia leucostigma
Caterpillar with bright red head, black stripe with a yellow stripe on each side. Four tufts of hair on back and long lashes on either side of head and one "tail". May cause allergic reaction if handled.
Four Mile Creek State Park, New York. Campground. Found walking on one of our tents.
Our tents were pitched under a Black Locust tree, one of the known foodplants of this species. We had a couple of rainstorms which seemed to have knocked some of the inhabitants out of the tree and on to our tents.
Spotted on Aug 30, 2013
Submitted on Feb 17, 2014
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