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Colorful Caterpillar

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Colorful Caterpillar

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MohamedSifahSaeed
MohamedSifahSaeed 12 years ago

Just Wow

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

It's safe to say that this is a tussock moth caterpillar, from the family Lymantriidae. In the US, there are some species in the genus Orgyia that look similar to this one, maybe this one is in that same genus.

AnumaBhattarai
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AnumaBhattarai

काठमांडौ Kathmandu, Nepal

Spotted on Aug 15, 2009
Submitted on Sep 7, 2011

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