CLOSED: Banded Caterpillar from NW Arkansas

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rwacaser Dallas, TX Aug 15, 2008

Can anyone identify this caterpillar?
The black part is hairy and the yellow part smooth.

Thanks....

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 15, 2008

Harris's Checkerspot? http://bugguide.net/node/view/28818

Probably not, since yours doesn't have a black line down its back. http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-species-page.asp?sp=Chlosyne-harrisii#phototable-4

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 16, 2008

This appears to be a larva of an agreeable tiger moth, Spilosoma congrua (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) - see http://www.hsu.edu/uploadedImages/Biology/maybe%20Agreeable%20Tiger%20Moth%20catepillar.jpg

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rwacaser Dallas, TX Aug 16, 2008

Many Thanks... It does look like an agreeable tiger moth caterpillar...

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