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Yellow woolly bear

Spilosoma virginica

Description:

It is a large Caterpillar that has a 4 inch length.The caterpillar has orange hairs woth some extending white hairs.The moth has white and looks like a fall webworm moth but has orange abdomen only on the sides.They do not make webs and feed on dandelion.

Habitat:

Low growing plants.

Notes:

It was found ona mint plant

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Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 4 years ago

Thank you all for favoriting this spotting😀

Ornithoptera80
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Ornithoptera80

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Spotted on Oct 19, 2019
Submitted on Oct 19, 2019

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