Furry Caterpillar in November

Observation: Found it outside at my grandmas fish camp. It's November month and the temperature is still so warm.

LEO says: There are over a dozen different caterpillar observations from Alaska in LEO Network. All but one occur in the warm months when they would generally be expected. The exception, an observation from King Salmon posted by Linda Chisholm in early February 2016. That caterpillar was identified as a 'wolly bear". At the time Jesse Moan with the UAF Cooperative Extension Service wrote: "It is unusual to see any kind of caterpillar this time of year but it is not unheard of to find an "early riser" if the conditions are right." This post has been forwarded to the Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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US Forest Service: The USDA has provided a handbook, published in 2008 titled, Insect and Diseases of Alaska Forests. – "The sciences of forest entomology and pathology or the study of forest insects and diseases are relatively new to Alaska. Even though insect and disease surveys have been undertaken for over eight decades, some pests have only recently been identified."