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Ranchman's Tiger Moth caterpillar and here I was thinking this was a plain old wooly-bear, just with a bit of an odd hairdo... Geotagged,Platyprepia virginalis,Ranchman's Tiger Moth,Spring,United States,moth week 2018 Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Ranchman's Tiger Moth caterpillar

and here I was thinking this was a plain old wooly-bear, just with a bit of an odd hairdo...

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    Christine Young
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    Ha, love the hair! Posted 7 years ago

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The Ranchman's Tiger Moth

''Platyprepia'' is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. It contains only one species, ''Platyprepia virginalis'', Ranchman's Tiger Moth, which is found in western North America, ranging from southern Monterrey Bay in California across Nevada and southern Utah to Colorado and north to southern British Columbia.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded May 6, 2018. Captured May 4, 2018 14:54 in Gibbons Creek Wildlife Art Trail, Washougal, WA 98671, USA.
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  • X-E2
  • f/1.0
  • 1/320s
  • ISO400
  • 55mm

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