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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Royal Moths (Ceratocampinae) » Anisota » fuscosa/stigma group (Anisota fuscosa/stigma group) » Spiny Oakworm Moth - Hodges#7716 (Anisota stigma)
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Oak Worm Caterpillars? - Anisota stigma
Copyright © 2015 Dan Davison

Oak Worm Caterpillars? - Anisota stigma
Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA
August 22, 2015
Size: 1 inch
There are a bunch of these on a swamp oak as you can see. They are doing a good job of stripping the leaves off the branches they are on. I am not really concerned too much about them doing any permanent damage to the tree because it is a good sized tree - fewer leaves to rake in the fall! Do they do enough damage to rise to the pest level?

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Contributed by Dan Davison on 23 August, 2015 - 8:04am
Last updated 23 August, 2015 - 5:50pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ryan St Laurent, 23 August, 2015 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Agreed
Looks like something in genus Anisota.
… Even Dankowicz, 23 August, 2015 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

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