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CROWNED SLUG CATERPILLARLepidoptera: Limacodidae©Arddu Here’s a beauty of a caterpillar. The crowned slug displays its spines like the feathered headpiece of a Vegas showgirl. The stinging setae line the crowned slug’s perimeter, decorating its flattened, green body. Later instars may also be marked with colorful red or yellow spots along the caterpillar’s back. It is found in woodlands, from Florida to Mississippi, north all the way to Minnesota, southern Ontario, and Massachusetts. It feeds on mostly oak, but also elm, hickory, maple, and a few other woody plants. Fact Source:http://insects.about.com/od/butterfliesmoths/ig/Stinging-Caterpillars/Crowned-Slug-Caterpillar.htm Other photos you may like: Pale Tussock Caterpillar Tufted Costa Rican Caterpillar Hag Moth Caterpillar

CROWNED SLUG CATERPILLAR
Lepidoptera: Limacodidae
©Arddu

Here’s a beauty of a caterpillar. The crowned slug displays its spines like the feathered headpiece of a Vegas showgirl. The stinging setae line the crowned slug’s perimeter, decorating its flattened, green body. Later instars may also be marked with colorful red or yellow spots along the caterpillar’s back.

It is found in woodlands, from Florida to Mississippi, north all the way to Minnesota, southern Ontario, and Massachusetts.

It feeds on mostly oak, but also elm, hickory, maple, and a few other woody plants.

Fact Source:
http://insects.about.com/od/butterfliesmoths/ig/Stinging-Caterpillars/Crowned-Slug-Caterpillar.htm

Other photos you may like:

Pale Tussock Caterpillar

Tufted Costa Rican Caterpillar

Hag Moth Caterpillar

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