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Oak Tree Killer Cats!! - Datana contracta
Copyright © 2007 Andrew Meeds

Oak Tree Killer Cats!! - Datana contracta
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
August 26, 2007
Size: from 3/4 inch to 1.5 inch
These things are insane... they were working on about 5 leaves on our pin oak tree... I left and came back two hours later and they were two feet away... no leaves left.
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 26 August, 2007 - 4:40pm
Last updated 13 February, 2009 - 5:59pm

Moved
Moved from Datana.
… john and jane balaban, 13 February, 2009 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

D. contracta
Looks like D. contracta
… Bob Barber, 13 February, 2009 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

datana species?
datana species?
… April, 26 August, 2007 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Wagner, page 294
lists Datana contracta as feeding on chestnut and oak. He describes it as "black and cream striped caterpillar with long soft whitish hairs - black middorsal stripe broad with 4 cream and three black stripes below it."
… john and jane balaban, 26 August, 2007 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Bullseye!
Definitely the exact description.
… Andrew Meeds, 26 August, 2007 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

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