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MissMe Houston, TX Apr 20, 2019

There were a bunch of them at the motel I was staying in SE Houston, they were so different from any other caterpillar I've seen before.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 20, 2019

This is a tussock moth caterpillar in the genus Orgyia; likely Orgyia detrita, the fir tussock moth. See https://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/Creatures/URBAN/MEDICAL/tussock_moths.htm for details.

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MissMe Houston, TX Apr 20, 2019

Thank you, sir!

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