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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tussock Moths (Lymantriinae) » Orgyiini » Orgyia » White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 (Orgyia leucostigma)
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Small tufted caterpillar discovered on pine tree - Orgyia leucostigma
Copyright © 2011 Scott Hogsten

Small tufted caterpillar discovered on pine tree - Orgyia leucostigma
West Jefferson, Madison County, Ohio, USA
July 28, 2011
Size: 10mm
Found a bunch of these on a pine tree possibly a larch (it is a deciduous conifer) I also believe they came from an egg case kind of like a praying mantis case. The egg cases was white colored and kind of like Styrofoam. However I did not witness the caterpillars emerging from the egg case they were near.
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Contributed by Scott Hogsten on 29 July, 2011 - 1:20pm
Last updated 28 August, 2011 - 6:34pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 August, 2011 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

Thanks I believe you both nai
Thanks I believe you both nailed it.
… Scott Hogsten, 29 July, 2011 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

Orgyia leucostigma
A kind of tussock moth
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 29 July, 2011 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Orgyia leucostigma
Looks like Orgyia leucostigma - White-marked Tussock Moth caterpillar.
… Ilona L., 29 July, 2011 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

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