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St. Lawrence Tiger Moth Caterpillar

Platarctia parthenos

Description:

Curled up small but spiky black and brown/red caterpillar. Yellow streak down back.

Habitat:

Meadow

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5 Comments

HaydenG
HaydenG 11 years ago

Cool find. Add it to this mission.
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1104...

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Awesome!

AdamBrown
AdamBrown 11 years ago

would those be painful spikes or are they pretty flexible? just curious

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

It's my new camera. It takes really good macros and it was ready to rain.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow grate series Carol!

Carol Snow Milne
Spotted by
Carol Snow Milne

Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on May 6, 2012
Submitted on May 7, 2012

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