Observation date: August 03, 2015
Date notes: These have been in my yard for the past month and are multiplying. They are making cocoons all over my house. There are 100 or 200+ under my awnings and all on
Submitted by: Shirleycolvard
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: No host plant. They are everywhere!
Status: Resident
Verified by: A_baldini
Verified date: January 06, 2019
Coordinator notes: This caterpillar is Orgyia pseudotsugata, which has brown or golden tipped dorsal tufts. It is a pine forest defoliator (ie. pest) that has periodic outbreaks, including a major one in Colorado in 2015 (I saw them all over the Meadows Group campground around this same date). Your yard probably has ponderosa or fir tree(s), their host plant.
