Check out this caterpillar

September

What’s black and white and fuzzy all over? Why, it’s a hickory tussock moth caterpillar. I found this one crawling on a bush in my yard.

It seems these guys prefer to munch on, among other trees, elms, hickories and oaks â€” of which I have plenty in my yard.

The adult moths, I think, are a little less impressive color-wise, as you can see here.

Below is a video of this caterpillar as he crawled across a piece of my daughter’s play equipment.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 at 3:33 pm by Mike Risinit.
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Julie October 4th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
We found 5 of these little guys yesterday at a friend’s house in Fort Ann, NY a bit further north of you. Two have already encased themselves in cocoons and we are watching as the other ones do the same.

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