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Fuzzy Caterpillar - Malacosoma americana
Copyright © 2005 Alabama Bug

Fuzzy Caterpillar - Malacosoma americana
mobile, Alabama, USA
April 14, 2005
i dont know what this is but i want to know how to raise it. or atleast what it is and what it eats.
Contributed by Alabama Bug on 15 April, 2005 - 8:33pm
Last updated 28 April, 2005 - 4:56am

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THIS IS AN EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR!!!
… Alabama Bug, 15 April, 2005 - 9:25pm

 
Your right!
It is an EASTERN TENT caterpillar. It mostly eats oak and maple leaves.
I'm trying to raise one myself.His name is JUNIOR.He's getting pretty big!!
… webkinzchick123, 8 April, 2007 - 4:19pm

 
Yours Are Farther Along
Wow, yours are quite a bit farther along than ours. We are just starting to see the first tiny tents and tiny caterpillars. Ah well not surprising given the climatic differences between Alabama and West Virginia.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 16 April, 2005 - 5:23am

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