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Yellownecked caterpillar

Datana ministra

Grow to 2 inches in length w/ yellow stripes along their orange to black body, and have a yellow "neck" just behind their black head.

by aprilwillis Oct 18, 2006 10:05 AM

When disturbed they demonstrate a charecteristic defensive posture: raised head and tip of the abdomen.

by aprilwillis Oct 18, 2006 10:07 AM

Feeding in groups!

by aprilwillis Oct 20, 2006 1:30 PM

Yellow-necked Caterpillar, Arkansas River Valley, Sebastian County AR. early Sept.

by C_A_Ivy Sep 10, 2015 7:46 PM

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Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Notodontidae

Genus

Datana

Species

ministra

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