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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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caterpillar - Phyllodesma americana
Copyright © 2012 firefellah

caterpillar - Phyllodesma americana
rockdale, milam County, Texas, USA
April 17, 2012
Size: 2 inches
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Contributed by firefellah on 18 April, 2012 - 7:08pm
Last updated 2 January, 2024 - 9:29am

Moved
Moved from Phyllodesma.
… john and jane balaban, 2 January, 2024 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gastropachini.
… john and jane balaban, 14 November, 2018 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 10 May, 2012 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

found it on the ground
Found it on the ground and returned it to the same spot....i live on 4 acres with well over a hundred trees.....i have seen tons of them on the ground and on trees, fence, side of my house......really just everywhere.
… firefellah, 19 April, 2012 - 9:23pm login or register to post comments

Is it a stinging kind
Is it a stinging kind
… firefellah, 18 April, 2012 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
no it won't sting
it appears to be Lasiocampoidea, but i have to dig a little farther, but i suspect it to be one of the lappet moths..i dont suppose you'ed try rearing him on out..did you find him on a tree or the ground?
… Edna Woodward, 18 April, 2012 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

 
They are everywhere......tree
They are everywhere......trees ,ground, house......everywhere.
… firefellah, 19 April, 2012 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

 
i dont suppose you would consider
putting a couple into a container and rearing them out? just a plastic lidded box would be fine of the ones who are traveling? the travelers are probably done feeding..
… Edna Woodward, 19 April, 2012 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

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