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Fall Webworm Moth - Hodges#8140 (Hyphantria cunea)
Photo#55436
Copyright © 2006
Sean McCann
Moth ovipositing on Willow -
Hyphantria cunea
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Pinelands Natural Area, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
June 3, 2006
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Contributed by
Sean McCann
on 3 June, 2006 - 11:22am
Last updated 10 March, 2019 - 11:18pm
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Spilosomina
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john and jane balaban
, 23 September, 2018 - 7:09pm
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Noctuoidea
. Hyphantria?
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john and jane balaban
, 16 February, 2014 - 11:57am
Probably
I would say yes, based on my own experience that
Hyphantria
egg masses I've seen always have a varying greenish tint, verses the
Spilosoma
egg masses I've come across, which have all been to some degree yellowish. Not sure if that's diagnostic, but it's been the case in my own experience here in the SE.
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Jason D. Roberts
, 23 September, 2018 - 3:40pm
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Charley Eiseman
, 19 December, 2009 - 2:28pm
Spilosoma sp.?
Kind of a long shot but take a look
here
and
here
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Steve Nanz
, 24 October, 2009 - 3:48am
,,,
Could be that. I wonder about the egg mass though. mine seems naked, but the one in the link you sent looks like it has hairs incorporated.
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Sean McCann
, 24 October, 2009 - 6:46am
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Unidentified Eggs & Hatchlings
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Charley Eiseman
, 3 April, 2009 - 7:33pm
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john and jane balaban
, 18 October, 2008 - 4:39pm