Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Body pink-orange, marked with black and white or yellow striping and numerous stinging setae. Dorsal and lateral areas each with set of 3 thin dark stripes. Four lobes about anterior end and 2 from posterior end. First 8 abdominal segments with subdorsal and subspiracular warts each bearing more than 20 stinging spines. Food: many forest trees and shrubs, especially oaks. Caterpillar: July to September; 1 generation in North.
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/insects/cateast/monosemi.htm
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