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billaca Melbourne, Australia Aug 15, 2016

Lots of these caterpillars were found on an Acacia baileyana in a garden in Melbourne, Australia. Could someone identify the species?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 15, 2016

This is a tussock moth caterpillar (subfamily Lymantriinae of the family Erebidae; older literature will have these in the family Lymantriidae). Unfortunately, images of many Australian species appear difficult to locate - see http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lyma/lymantriidae.html for a list of species reported from Australia.

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