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While hiking the Rock Castle Gorge Loop I saw this incredibly photogenic Definite Tussock Moth caterpillar, who introduced themselves by crawling all over my neck. Rude! I can't stay mad at a face like that however, so all good.
A Definite Tussock Moth giving me the blank stare after I so rudely tossed it off of my neck.
A Definite Tussock Moth crawls towards the camera.
Caterpillars in full force that day, with a Hickory Tussock moth and an Isabella Tiger Moth in the lower gorge and upper grasslands of the trail, respectively.
A larval Hickory Tussock Moth I saw early on the trail in the gorge area.
Isabella Tiger moth crawling across the grassy trail in the upper area.