CLOSED: Some kind of caterpillar.But what kind?

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Nature_Phtgrphr Canton, OH Feb 22, 2009

Found him camping.Really pretty-a brownish color with green and yellow.Has a horn like thing on its one end and a horn lookin thing on top.Found in Wooster,Ohio.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Feb 22, 2009

This caterpillar is in the family Notodontidae (prominents); caterpillars of several species in this family can be quite variable in color pattern, making field identification from a single specimen somewhat problematic. My best guess is that this one is in the genus Oligocentria, such as Oligocentria lignicolor (see http://tinyurl.com/cog6ao), but I would gladly defer to an expert in this group.

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