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I'm hoping somebody can tell me what kind of caterpillar this is? I should have taken more pictures but I was packing my deer out when I saw him. Will he turn into a butterfly? He doesn't look as cool in a picture as he did in real life. post-256-0-44572700-1379013345_thumb.jpg

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ive had some that looks very close on my tomato plants. ive also seen many this year on shagy utah junipers. there fuzzy spines also sting like a cactus. enough about him weres the pics of your buck. and it probably turns into a mouth

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I've actually already posted the story and pictures of my buck in the bow hunting section and I believe all three of you guys replied to it. Thanks by the way. I've seen plenty of weird caterplillars but this one really caught my eye. It looked like it had a bunch of miniature trees growing on his back. My cell camera really didn't pick up the definition on each spine.

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My husband got some pics of the same caterpillar in the Pinals yesterday. First time he has seen one....he asked me what it was and I said, Oh it's a caterpillar from an Io moth, a type of silk moth....saw it on CW.com. LOL!!

 

here are his pics

 

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It is an Io moth. it is a silk moth. No touchie, they're poisonous.

Are you serious?? I had (3) crawling on me one time during an archery hunt. I had gear on so they never touched my skin and I knocked them off when I saw them.

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