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Woolly Bear Caterpillar

Arctiidae

Description:

Feeds on many different types of plant species.

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1 Comment

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

Aril, this is a very neat find though it is not a caterpillar at all. It is, in fact, a type of gall! This one is very likely produced by a type of tiny wasp from scientific Family Cynipidae. http://bugguide.net/node/view/14878

Aril
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Aril

Morehead, Kentucky, USA

Spotted on Dec 3, 2013
Submitted on Dec 3, 2013

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