Originally posted by WPRESTO I posted a slightly different version of these caterpillars on another thread. In this one, they seem to have been ordered into line for a coordinated attack on the leaf.
Always nice when they get organized for a photo
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Originally posted by TER-OR Tussock moths of some sort, and they do tend to congregate.
They are Milkweed Tussock Moths, Euchaetes egle. In the early instars I've counted close to 200 on a single milkweed leaf. By the 4th (what these guys look like), they'll tend to spread out somewhat
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