Moth ID please

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Emma75 DeLand, FL(Zone 9b) Mar 27, 2011

I'm fairly sure this is a moth, but it's a new one to my garden. Eating honeysuckle. The younger ones are almost solid orange.

Thanks for any help!

Emma

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Mar 27, 2011

This superficially resembles a caterpillar in the family Arctiidae (tiger moths), but I have never seen another exactly like this one...

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Emma75 DeLand, FL(Zone 9b) Mar 28, 2011

I have a book of common moths and butterflies of FL, but this guy isn't in there. I've lived here 3 years, and they suddenly apeared about a week ago for the first time. I think it's time to buy a more comprehensive book :)

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Emma75 DeLand, FL(Zone 9b) Mar 28, 2011

In searching for Tiger Moth caterpillar pics, came across http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/moth_caterpillars and http://www.dpughphoto.com/moths.htm, which helped me ID 2 other newbies in the garden: Tussock Moth (not sure which one) and Forest Tent Caterpillar. Still don't have a positive ID on the orange guy though :(

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