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Red-banded black spiky caterpillar

Uploaded on Sep 17th, 2007
by phyzome
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Red-banded black spiky caterpillar
I'm under the impression these eat oak leaves.

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ButterflyDreams

1 month, 2 weeks ago:

I'm under the impression.. they're pretty wild looking up close in person.. Found my first of the same earlier today and am on the great hunt to identify.. Yours is the first image I've encountered (and a *really* nice at that) so joined Zooomr *just* to "thanks" for sharing.. :)

Warmest from Talking Rock, Georgia.. :)

PS.. Biggest caterpillar I've ever encountered..

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phyzome

1 month, 2 weeks ago:

Aren't they great? Big lumbering spike-logs.

Thanks for pinging me on this, I actually have an ID for you: Hypercompe scribonia (syn. Ecpantheria scribonia), or Giant Leopard Moth. I've updated that on my main photo-sharing site (I migrated from Zooomr to a site I wrote).

http://gallery.brainonfire.net/filter/run?tag[Content][]=Hypercompe+scribonia

Greetz from Charlottesville, VA!

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