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May 2018
Processionary caterpillars are the larvae of the Bag Shelter Moth.

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I found these caterpillars walking in a chain down the driveway in our rural property in the Gold Coast Hinterland. They were all heading in the same direction. I have lived here for 16 years and have never come across this before. What are they?

 

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