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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Tussock Moths (Lymantriidae) » Lymantriini » Lymantria » Gypsy Moth - Hodges#8318 (Lymantria dispar)
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Gypsy Moth Caterpillar - Lymantria dispar
Copyright © 2009 Bruce Marlin

Gypsy Moth Caterpillar - Lymantria dispar
DuPage County, Illinois, USA
June 14, 2009
Size: 25mm
I love the colors on these guys. Not sure what the host plant is.
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Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 28 June, 2009 - 5:14pm
Last updated 29 June, 2009 - 4:01pm

The hated Gypsy
Oaks will do fine for food! See
… john and jane balaban, 28 June, 2009 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Yikes
I'll have to inform the authorities. This is my favorite forest preserve, McKee Marsh in West Chicago.

..Never mind. My grounds & resources guy tells me the gypsy moth is all over DuPage County now, and it's a lost battle.
… Bruce Marlin, 29 June, 2009 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

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