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Grayish Blue With a Reddish Brown Stripe (Western tent caterpillar)

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Western tent caterpillar
by: Moni

Krista
Jane is correct it is a tent caterpillar, a western tent caterpillar.
These feed on bitterbrush, red alder, and snowbrush and usually seen during May and June.
There seem to be some variations in this caterpillar - this blue version and the more yellow/orange version.
Here are photos of the moth and other stages.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3824/bgimage

The other colored one can be seen at this Insect ID location -
Read more: http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/black-and-orange-caterpillar-western-tent-caterpillar-comments.html#ixzz1KD76KY1T

Grayish Blue with a Reddish Brown Stripe
by: Jane

Looks like Tent Caterpillar.

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