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Similar Caterpillar - Atteva punctella
Copyright © 2004 Erik Blosser

Similar Caterpillar - Atteva punctella
Newport News, Virginia, USA
July 9, 2004
This caterpillar looks very similar to Tom Bentley's recent ID request. I found it in late July 2004 with several others of the same species in some kind of a web close to the ground.
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Contributed by Erik Blosser on 10 October, 2005 - 9:24pm
Last updated 6 December, 2008 - 12:32pm

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Moved from Unidentified Webworms.
… john and jane balaban, 6 December, 2008 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 9 November, 2008 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

I'll bet...
These are ailanthus webworms (Atteva punctella). Did you notice if this was on ailanthus? I have lots of pics of these in various stages but I've not posted any. Here's a page with a pic:
http://140.254.84.200/bygl/all.lasso?issue=19
… Troy Bartlett, 15 October, 2005 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

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