Fuzzy Caterpillar Identification

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FluffyUnikitty Colorado Springs, CO May 03, 2015

I found this caterpillar in my barn, he has a black head and black, brown,and yellow stripes
could you help me identify this fuzzy guy?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 03, 2015

This appears to be a caterpillar of Lophocampa ingens (see http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1468221), it will become a tiger moth - see http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Lophocampa-ingens for an image.

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gbw Barnum, MN May 04, 2015

I found two caterpillars like this yesterday in the grass. They probably overwinter as larvae and then pupate in the spring. My best guess is that it is a larva of a species of tiger moth.

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