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Hairy orange black caterpillar

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Black and orange caterpillar, it is said that these caterpillar sting with those long "hairs". As you can see on the video, they move really fast

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9 Comments

Tania11
Tania11 4 years ago

I have them in my garden
San Luis, Santa Domindo, Heradia

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 4 years ago

Tania11.. common name is 'woolly bear' caterpillar. They are mostly within the 'Tiger moths' a subfamily of Erebidae.

Tania11
Tania11 4 years ago

What are these Caterpillars called

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 9 years ago

Thanks Katie, these are really common in Costa Rica

katieherbert55
katieherbert55 9 years ago

Amazing :)

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 9 years ago

Creo que sí pablo

JosePabloCastillo
JosePabloCastillo 10 years ago

Arctiidae?

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 10 years ago

Thanks jill!

JillBlack
JillBlack 10 years ago

Nice series and video Diaz

Diaz José Miguel
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Diaz José Miguel

Provincia San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on Dec 27, 2013
Submitted on Feb 10, 2014

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