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Eastern Tent Caterpillar - Malacosoma americana

Eastern Tent Caterpillar - Malacosoma americana
Mt. Battie, Camden, Knox County, Maine, USA
June 17, 2009

Moved

Malacosoma americanum
Yes, it's the Eastern Tent caterpillar. The broad white dorsal stripe distinguishes it from the other Eastern Malacosoma species, the Forest Tent caterpillar (M. disstria).

It looks like...
the eastern tent caterpillar, but I'm not 100% certain.

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