Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 767948

Virginia Ctenucha
Ctenucha virginica

Observation date: March 03, 2013
Submitted by: edenny
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Bright yellow caterpillar, about 1 inch long, with black tufts in stripes along the back--also white hairs around the head and near the feet that are a little hard to see in these photos. Found crawling on top of a 2 foot snowbank by the side of the road. Overcast, cold day, lightly snowing, temperature 31 degrees F. Nothing around the caterpillar would indicate what it might have fallen off of or was eating--it was at least several yards from anything. I saw it because of the yellow color.
Status: Resident
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: March 03, 2013
Coordinator notes: None.