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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampoidea) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampidae) » Lasiocampinae » Lasiocampini » Malacosoma » Southwestern Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7703 (Malacosoma incurva)
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blue caterpillar - Malacosoma incurva
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

blue caterpillar - Malacosoma incurva
near Fort Apache, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
June 24, 2008
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Contributed by tom murray on 5 July, 2008 - 6:36pm
Last updated 5 December, 2018 - 7:20pm

Moved
Moved from Western Tent Caterpillar.
… john and jane balaban, 5 December, 2018 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Now I'm wondering if the others are identified properly, or if they're earlier instars that look different than this late instar.
… tom murray, 6 July, 2008 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

Southeastern Arizona has
this for Western Tent Caterpillar [ MONA 7702 ] (Malacosoma californicum) here. Don't know why they look so different from what we have in BugGuide??
… john and jane balaban, 5 July, 2008 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
If it helps, this one was eating oak leaves.
… tom murray, 5 July, 2008 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Gut response is Malacosoma
and we have some close in the guide but not quite the same
and .
Maybe Jason will know this one too??
… john and jane balaban, 5 July, 2008 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

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