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Caterpillar - Malacosoma disstria
Copyright © 2008 catman529

Caterpillar - Malacosoma disstria
Franklin, Tennessee, USA
May 30, 2008
Size: 1.5"
Found on persimmon, looked in Wagner's at all the caterpillars with persimmon listed as a host plant, couldn't find it.
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Contributed by catman529 on 30 May, 2008 - 4:40pm
Last updated 31 May, 2008 - 12:12pm

Looks like
Malacosoma disstria (Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7698)
… John R. Maxwell, 30 May, 2008 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I thought it looked like a tent caterpillar, but am only familar with the eastern tent caterpillar (I reared a bunch of them).
… catman529, 30 May, 2008 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

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