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Spilosoma virginica
Virginia Tiger Moth caterpillar moving through grass.
Pacific Northwest coast; bluff above beach.
Spotted at Ecola State Park.
Spotted on Sep 15, 2006
Submitted on Dec 19, 2011
3 Comments
Great, Allen! My initial thought was also that this was a yellow woolly bear. I'm glad to be of assistance with identification.
Thank mauna. Given that your research narrowed the choices to two, I looked at a lot of images and found features in my spotting that looked more like the Woolly Bear than the Lined Ruby Tiger Moth caterpillar. I therefore decided, at least until info is provided that disproves my choice, to go with the Yellow Woolly Bear ID.
Hmm, Allen, I think I've narrowed the possibilities to two ID's:
Lined Ruby Tiger Moth, http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?searc...
-or-
Yellow Wooly Bear, http://bugguide.net/node/view/86518
You decide. :)