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Mystery caterpillar, what is it?
i found this caterpillar on my tiny japanese maple tree. it isnt very fast, but whenever i check on it (in a jar right now) , it eats and entire leaf and i have to give it another. i have never seen this kind before. do you know what it is? it is a little smaller than an inch long.
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- RobertLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
White Marked Tussock Moth Caterpillar {Orgyia leucostigma}
Sorry Link. I recognized that one immediately once I seen it I have several of them and Milkweed Tussock Moths around here.
- LinkLv 51 decade ago
Its some sort of a Tussock Moth. Maybe a Western Tussock Moth, White Marked Tussock Moth, or a Rusty Tussock Moth...
Source(s): Dang, Robert beat me to the answer...thats what I get for looking through pictures of moths on google in another window after clicking on the "answer" button... :D - ?Lv 45 years ago
there are such a lot of specific varieties of caterpillars... so idnno it perhaps tuff watching for one certain caterpillar esp if u dnt understand the identify..i used to be appear for one the opposite day mine used to be just a little specific... shud of taken a percent with ur cellphone fone or whatever. after which published it up.... well good fortune..
