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Tiger Moth caterpillar

Haploa sp.

Description:

several cm long, lateral bright yellow line, black dorsal, black face, small bunches of short spiky hairs

Habitat:

eating leaves of a Blueberry bush, Vaccincium sp., cultivated variety

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Tiger Moth
Haploa sp.


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2 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

A beautiful caterpillar....

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Wonderful! This might be H. contigua, but I'm unsure how to reliably differentiate the other species.

Ingrid3
Spotted by
Ingrid3

Stamford, Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Oct 18, 2013
Submitted on Oct 18, 2013

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