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Black woolly bear caterpiller Great Tiger Moth (in north America) Garden Tiger (adult in Europe) Woolly Bear (larva in Europe) Black Woolly Bear (larva) in North America

Arctia caja

Description:

A dark brown wooly caterpillar.

Habitat:

Found crawling on the ground in northern Saskatchewan

1 Species ID Suggestions

Dragoon
Dragoon 11 years ago
Garden Tiger Moth
Arctia caja Garden tiger moth


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4 Comments

bradwatts
bradwatts 11 years ago

I'm not sure it is a tiger moth. The pics I have found don't seem quite right. This one was more like a tuft of hair fell off a bear and started crawling around. It seemed to have long outer hair ana short under hair.

Dragoon
Dragoon 11 years ago

I'm not sure if I got the exact species, I tried as much as I could though.

Dragoon
Dragoon 11 years ago

Some form of Tiger moth caterpillar I believe.

DavidMroczkowski
DavidMroczkowski 11 years ago

I'd like to know what it is, too.

bradwatts
Spotted by
bradwatts

Saskatchewan, Canada

Spotted on Aug 8, 2012
Submitted on Aug 9, 2012

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