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Identify this caterpillar!

Ruu_Old · 2009-07-22 20:11:39

I found this little fella on my bin this morning. Anyone any idea what kind of a, I assume, caterpillar it is? :) Note: I live in the midwest US. Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3

22-07-2009 8:11pm

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I found this little fella on my bin this morning. Anyone any idea what kind of a, I assume, caterpillar it is?

Note: I live in the midwest US.

Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3

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#2 22-07-2009 8:30pm

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No idea, but as caterpillars go, he (or she!) is pretty cute !

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#3 22-07-2009 8:34pm

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I thought so too, if not a little odd looking.

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#4 23-07-2009 5:36am

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Hard enough with caterpillars in Ireland without looking at caterpillars from another continent
I think a member of the lymantriidae/Tussock Moth family

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This is the closest i could find to it. Looks a lot like it apart from the colour.

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#6 23-07-2009 5:18pm

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I don't know but it looks really cool!

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#7 23-07-2009 6:20pm

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It looks a little bit like a Yorkshire terrier in the first pic.

Its not, is it??

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#8 23-07-2009 6:25pm

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It could be a 'White-Marked Tussock Moth' look it up.;)

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#9 23-07-2009 7:54pm

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Mothman wrote: »

Hard enough with caterpillars in Ireland without looking at caterpillars from another continent
I think a member of the lymantriidae/Tussock Moth family

Yep, looks like you are correct. Thanks for the replies everyone.

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