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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 » Lasiocampini » Malacosoma » egg clusters and cocoons (Malacosoma egg clusters and cocoons)
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eggs maybe - Malacosoma
Copyright © 2010 jeffmoore

eggs maybe - Malacosoma
Lyon Twp, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
July 7, 2010
Size: an inch or so
This has been on the side of our house for a few weeks. kind of shiny. At first I thought it was a wet bird dropping, but it looks like it must be some kind of egg case. Anybody recognize it?
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Contributed by jeffmoore on 9 July, 2010 - 3:43pm
Last updated 6 December, 2013 - 9:04am

Moved
Moved from Malacosoma.
… john and jane balaban, 6 December, 2013 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

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Interesting--I've never seen tent caterpillar eggs that weren't surrounding a twig. The moth must have been confused by your lights. I also hadn't noticed before that their eggs are cylindrical, but I just verified that they are by zooming in on a photo I have of hatched eggs.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 August, 2010 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

possible egg mass
Just a comment -- not an ID -- Almost looks like a mass of eggs from a tent caterpillar moth.
… Ilona L., 9 July, 2010 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

 
well that would make a lot of
well that would make a lot of sense as within 10 feet of these eggs i've found tent caterpillars, tent caterpillar moths, and a tent caterpillar cocoon!
… jeffmoore, 9 July, 2010 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

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