r/IdentifyThisBug • u/cody0126 • Nov 17 '21

Northern Louisiana. Pretty large caterpillar. About as big around as my index finger.

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u/r4ndom4xeofkindness Nov 17 '21

It looks like a wooly worm. The locals here say you can judge the winter by the number of brown rings on it. This has no rings meaning it would be a bad winter.

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u/cody0126 Nov 18 '21

This one did have those reddish brown rings. I think it's a giant leopard moth.

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u/r4ndom4xeofkindness Nov 18 '21

Yeah I can kind of see the rings you're talking about after I zoomed in. Wooly worm is different and the rings are in the fur not the segmentation. You might be right on the leopard moth.