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BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
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Photos from the last gathering (Minnesota 2007)

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Subfamily Lasiocampinae

Forest Tent Caterpillar - Malacosoma disstria Eastern Tent Caterpillar - Malacosoma americanum Scott - Caterpillar # 1 - Malacosoma americanum Caterpillar to I D. - Malacosoma californicum Tent Cat - Malacosoma americanum Western Tent Caterpillars - Malacosoma californicum Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth - Malacosoma disstria Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth - Malacosoma disstria
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Lasiocampoidea
Family Lasiocampidae (Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths)
Subfamily Lasiocampinae