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newly hatched Buck Moth cats - Hemileuca maia
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

newly hatched Buck Moth cats - Hemileuca maia
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
May 23, 2009
This mass of young caterpillars was feeding on scrub oak a few inches above the empty eggs.

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Buck Moth eggs - Hemileuca maia hatched Buck Moth eggs - Hemileuca maia newly hatched Buck Moth cats - Hemileuca maia
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Contributed by tom murray on 25 May, 2009 - 5:03pm

good
Nice pictures, you should check up on them from time to time and take pictures.
… Ryan, 27 May, 2009 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

 
I hope to
get down there to Myles Standish and get photos of late instars and adults. The pine barrens are a great habitat, but it's an 80 mile ride to get there.
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