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Halysidota harrisii - Sycamore Tussock Moth Caterpillar - Halysidota harrisii

Halysidota harrisii - Sycamore Tussock Moth Caterpillar - Halysidota harrisii
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 7, 2017
Sometimes you find bugs, and sometimes bugs find you. This one fell out of my sycamore onto my head while I was chatting with a neighbor, so I'm fairly sure it's Halysidota harrisii and not H. tessellaris, unless sycamore is also a host for the later. If that's correct this would make the first MA data point since 2005. Suburban native plant garden between Boston and the Middlesex Fells.
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