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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Tussock Moths (Lymantriidae) » Lymantriini » Lymantria » Gypsy Moth - Hodges#8318 (Lymantria dispar)
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caterpillar - Lymantria dispar
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

caterpillar - Lymantria dispar
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 6, 2006
Another gypsy moth look alike.
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Contributed by tom murray on 7 June, 2006 - 7:29pm

We're thinking your first instincts were correct
Wagner says "Recognizable in all instars by bulging seta-bearing warts to either side of the head". We see what looks like the start of the blue warts on the thorax and abdomen, and the defensive glands on A6 and A7. If it's not a gypsy, it would have to be something very close!
… john and jane balaban, 7 June, 2006 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Gypsy it is!
They sure have some different colorations. Thanks John and Jane.
… tom murray, 7 June, 2006 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

me too
I'm curious as well. I found a large number of these about 4 months ago. They varied in color but were clearly the same species. Some were slightly greener. Never got to see what they became.
… Julia Booth, 7 June, 2006 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

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