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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Jul 19, 2014

Unknown caterpillar. Please help. Thanks

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 19, 2014

Where was photo taken?

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Jul 19, 2014

Northern Virginia, yesterday.

Edited to say we live on a hardwood forested property, and cat was found beneath a Rhododendron.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 20, 2014

This appears to be a caterpillar of the agreeable tiger moth, Spilosoma congrua - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mangoverde/9448275684/
Like many arctiids, these show considerable variation in their individual color pattern....

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Jul 20, 2014

Thanks Flapdoodle, I'm pretty sure that's it. Red stripe is low enough on the side that a photo has to be taken from near ground level for it to show. Photo below is the same cat taken from a hihjer angle and matches your link. Thanks again.

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