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A couple of Smeared Dagger Moth caterpillars, a type of stinging caterpillar, spotted along the boardwalk that goes through the central wetland area at Huntley Meadows Park. "Stinging caterpillars use poison-filled bristles to defend themselves from predators. If you touch a stinging caterpillar, you'll know it by the burning, itching ..." Source Credit: http://insects.about.com/od/butterfliesm... Related Resource: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/speci...
Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntl...
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Spotted on Sep 6, 2013
Submitted on Sep 12, 2013
3 Comments
A beautiful caterpillar....
Nice colorful caterpillar.
Love your first photo :)