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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 » Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7701 (Malacosoma americana)

Species Malacosoma americana - Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7701


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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama  3147       
Arkansas  2382      
Colorado     111    
Connecticut    3  2    
Delaware   121      
Florida4 742     1 
Georgia  11314       
Illinois   235      
Indiana   3632     
Iowa    711      
Kansas    3       
Kentucky    741     
Louisiana  386       
Maine    376     
Manitoba     11     
Maryland   17177      
Massachusetts   25172     
Michigan   13432    
Minnesota    452     
Mississippi  11        
Missouri   233      
Nebraska    17      
New Brunswick     32     
New Hampshire    562     
New Jersey  12410    1 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
New York   21391 3   
North Carolina  135353      
North Dakota     66     
Nova Scotia     13     
Ohio   191      
Oklahoma   58       
Ontario   25225     
Pennsylvania   611201     
Quebec    61451    
Rhode Island   131611     
South Carolina  113       
South Dakota      1     
Tennessee  16113      
Texas  535       
Vermont    341     
Virginia   41112      
West Virginia   211      
Wisconsin   26931    
Wyoming    2       

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