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Doratifera vulnerans
A tiny brown bristled slug caterpillar with a yellow saddle. There were two spotted on adjacent leaves. They grow into an even more bizarre caterpillar and then an intricately brown mottled moth. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/866... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/915... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/796...
Spotted on Feb 20, 2013
Submitted on Feb 20, 2013
5 Comments
Great colors!
Karen, I got touched by one last year and it caused an itchy rash for about half an hour.
Looks like one of those buggers that can really pack a wallop of a sting with those colorful spines!
nice spotting
just followed through with your refs. . . . . . the extravagance displayed by these little critters is overwhelming.