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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Oct 04, 2010

Is this the cat of some type of tussock moth, or arelative? Only has one tail clump of spines that seems off-center so I suspect that some critter grabed the second clump.

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CritterZone_com Shawnee Mission, KS Oct 04, 2010

I also see the Tussock moth cat similarities, but don't know beyond that. You can always post it here as well, in the Bugguide ID Request.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/6/bgimage

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Oct 11, 2010

bump

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 13, 2010

I suspect that this could be a rather battered specimen of an American dagger moth caterpillar (Acronicta americana; Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - see http://www.cirrusimage.com/moths_american_dagger.htm

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