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orange-striped oakworms - Anisota senatoria
Copyright © 2005 MaryAnn

orange-striped oakworms - Anisota senatoria
Mableton, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
August 22, 2005
Size: about 2 inches
Orange-striped oakworms covered the small tree eating away, what happened to these? I understand they pupate in the ground, these don't really look like they are still alive, they look like empty husks. They covered a couple of branches in clusters.
Contributed by MaryAnn on 5 September, 2005 - 5:14am
Last updated 25 October, 2005 - 2:07pm

Exuviae?
Could simply be shed "skins," leftover from molting? They sure did defoliate that tree!
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 October, 2005 - 2:05pm

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