Hickory Tussock caterpillar

Hickory Tussock caterpillar  at Corkscrew swamp 

Hickory Tussock caterpillar Lophocampa caryae 

The Hickory Tussock caterpillar  belong to the Arctiidae family. 

They small caterpillars (five centimetres), with white and fluffy hairs, with a black head. 

They are found in dense woodlands, wetlands and swamps. 

The male and female mate in the spring. The female can lay anything from hundred to fifty onto leaves, majority of the time the nut trees. 












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