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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampoidea) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampidae) » Lasiocampinae » Lasiocampini » Malacosoma » Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7701 (Malacosoma americana)
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Tent Caterpillar? - Malacosoma americana
Copyright © 2006 Peter Hollinger

Tent Caterpillar? - Malacosoma americana
Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
June 6, 2004
Looks like Malacosoma americanum - Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth. I think it's on chokecherry (Prunus virginiana).
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Contributed by Peter Hollinger on 20 March, 2006 - 6:42pm
Last updated 21 March, 2006 - 2:54pm

STINGING CATERPILLAR
because of the light colored band on the middle dorsal surface it eliminates M. disstria out of the question. its also on a cherry tree, its primary host.

yeah, its a stinger, hope you didn't touch it
… Omar Fahmy, 20 March, 2006 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

 
UH, STINGING?
I've been playing with one for a long time and I'm jst now figuring out that it stings!!!!!OMG
… webkinzchick123, 8 April, 2007 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Not actually a "stinger"
See information here a little over half way down the page. It explains that the actual stinging comes from a substance produced by pupating caterpillars.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 April, 2008 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

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