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We found this caterpillar in the middle of a street close to Prospect Park
Green caterpillar with stick color face
Spotted on Aug 2, 2012
Submitted on Aug 16, 2012
2 Comments
It looks similar but this one didn't have any hair and the rings weren't as marked as the Polyphemus moth. We should have taken a better picture!
I think this is probably a Polyphemus Moth caterpillar - Antheraea polyphemus.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/427