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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 » Western Tent Caterpillar - Hodges#7702 (Malacosoma californica)
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057 - Malacosoma californica - male
Copyright © 2012 Arthur Scott Macmillan

057 - Malacosoma californica - Male
Soquel, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
June 16, 2012
male, right?
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 7 July, 2012 - 9:30pm
Last updated 8 July, 2012 - 12:28pm

Malacosoma californicum - Hodges #7702
Moved from Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth.

sorry for the double move!
… Maury J. Heiman, 8 July, 2012 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
understandable under the circumstances!
Thanks for the surprising ID! Sure doesn't look like the lappet moths that are in the same subfamily!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 8 July, 2012 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Maury J. Heiman, 8 July, 2012 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Male, right?
Yes. I just photographed one of these in Maine a week or so ago. I thought the 'bald' patch was because it was dying, but yours looks just as bald and twice as alive.
… Sakiab, 8 July, 2012 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

 
i think he is old
because a lot of scales are missing near the fringes of the wings, as well. on the other hand, the colors are still pretty good. he has aged gracefully!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 8 July, 2012 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

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