That is not the official name for this fur diva. My first glance at the fuzzy drama and I thought - wowzers she totally has a beard! Yay! I found her sitting in the sun on a young maple leaf.
Although it looks as though she is a beard hanging down from her 'chin', it's actually more like giant eye lashes, because when she lifts her head you can see a hidden flat black circular face underneath. The beard is an illusion (kinda like most everything in life...)
Can anyone ID this creature? What butterfly or moth will she become?
Xoxoxo
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Clueless in Virginia...but I do like the expression, just when the catterpillar thought life couldn't get any worse, she turned into a butterfly.
Halysidota Tessellaris, aka Banded Tussock Moth Caterpillar
this one looks cool
Wow! that's a rather neat little furry caterpilliar:)
xoxox
It is so cute and furry!
Thanks Rekanize for ID'ing it.... here is a link to it's page in the bug guide:::
http://bugguide.net/node/view/541
The moth isn't as exciting as the caterpillar, depending on your taste. I like it though.
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