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Our Familiar Friends in First Instar - Malacosoma americanum
Copyright © 2006 Stephen Cresswell

Our Familiar Friends in First Instar - Malacosoma americanum
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
April 6, 2006
Found these caterpillars still clinging to the egg mass. Looks like there is the beginning of a silken mat here. Wild cherry, of course.

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Our Familiar Friends in First Instar - Malacosoma americanum Our Familiar Friends in First Instar - Malacosoma americanum
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 7 April, 2006 - 5:05am

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