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oakworms - Anisota
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oakworms - Anisota
Vineyard Haven, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
August 3, 2009
Size: up to about 7 mm long
about twenty of various sizes found near tip of black oak (Quercus velutina) twig about 1 m above ground in oak woods at edge of power line cut

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Contributed by ophis on 19 August, 2009 - 3:53am

Probably
I have seen Anisota senatoria in the early instars and they look like this, I don't know if A. virginiensis is identical this early on (I don't think so). But you can check on them in a few weeks to be sure what species.
… Ryan, 19 August, 2009 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

 
re: Probably
thanks
am not likely to be back there for awhile
… ophis, 19 August, 2009 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

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