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Apr 19, 2015 4:06 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
That's a Tussock moth caterpillar. They're all over the place right now. They tend to fall out of the oak trees here. They don't sting but their hairs (on their body and on their cocoon) can irritate.

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