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banded woolly bear

Pyrrharctia isabella

Description:

black and brown segmented fuzzy caterpillar

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4 Comments

EricEllison
EricEllison 12 years ago

well they have some wild stuff down there from what ive seen so im jealous. and still irritated about this lil guy. live and learn i guess.

KristenFrancis
KristenFrancis 12 years ago

that really sucks!!! i'm from PA but now live in mexico and haven't seen one of those for awhile!

EricEllison
EricEllison 12 years ago

yea dont really believe that but i should have saved this one cause the next day our forest preserve intentionally burned down the prairie so its probably dead now.

Maria dB
Maria dB 12 years ago

When I spotted my first one, I was told about their role in weather prediction; see
http://www.almanac.com/content/predictin...

antimatterhands
Spotted by
antimatterhands

Illinois, USA

Spotted on Mar 14, 2012
Submitted on Mar 14, 2012

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