EUPROCTIS CHRYSORRHOEA
Fig 1
DESCRIPTION: Black with 2 raised orange spots on back.  White patches run along opposites sides and the whole caterpillar is covered with gingery brown irritant hairs.  When young found in communal silken nest. FOODPLANT: Hawthorn, blackthorn, dog-rose and sallow. SEASON: August to May.

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