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Malacosoma disstria

Malacosoma disstria
Hercules Glades Wilderness Area, Taney County, Missouri, USA
April 27, 2012
Found crawling around in an oak-hickory forest near an open cedar glade.

Moved

tent caterpillar
- Malacosoma disstria - Forest Tent Caterpillar. Seems to be an "excellent" year for the tent caterpillars. They've denuded quite a few trees around here in Wisconsin this spring.

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