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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7698 (Malacosoma disstria)
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Copyright © 2011
Ilona L.
egg mass on stem -
Malacosoma disstria
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 12, 2011
Mass of eggs was located on stem about one foot from the ground.
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Contributed by
Ilona L.
on 18 September, 2011 - 2:02pm
Last updated 7 October, 2011 - 10:33pm
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Ilona L.
, 18 September, 2011 - 3:58pm
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Malacosoma
I would suspect
M. disstria
since it is a shorter, rounder egg mass and is not on cherry (the plant shown in the accompanying image is
Cornus alternifolia
).
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Charley Eiseman
, 18 September, 2011 - 2:57pm
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