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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampoidea) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampidae) » Lasiocampinae » Gastropachini » Phyllodesma » American Lappet Moth - Hodges#7687 (Phyllodesma americana)
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Mystery Caterpillar #2 - Phyllodesma americana
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Mystery Caterpillar #2 - Phyllodesma americana
Brunswick, Midcoast Maine County, Maine, USA
July 28, 2018
Size: ~1.5 inches long
See the 'lobster tail'. Looks like it should be in the tent caterpillar family, but doesnt match any of the ones I see. Found on my deck, so likely fallen from a red oak, white birch, or white ash tree.

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Mystery Caterpillar #2 - Phyllodesma americana Mystery Caterpillar #2
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Contributed by ToukkaME on 19 August, 2018 - 8:29pm
Last updated 15 November, 2018 - 8:43am

Moved
Moved from Phyllodesma.
… john and jane balaban, 14 November, 2018 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 14 November, 2018 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Maybe related to Phyllodesma?

Wish we knew these Lasiocampids better. :(
… john and jane balaban, 19 August, 2018 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

Please be sure to crop your pics...
...as close to "just the bug" as possible. Only you and the experts/editors have the ability to see the full size image. Everyone else is left looking at a little bug in a lot of unnecessary background. :)

Thanks!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 19 August, 2018 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Crop pics
Thanks! I'll crop them next time!
… ToukkaME, 20 August, 2018 - 7:19am login or register to post comments

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