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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)
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Caterpillar - Malacosoma americana
Copyright © 2012 tina jackson

Caterpillar - Malacosoma americana
New Martinsville, West Virginia, USA
May 20, 2012
Found crawling on a leaf.
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Contributed by tina jackson on 19 September, 2012 - 12:25am
Last updated 19 September, 2012 - 9:15pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 19 September, 2012 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

Eastern Tent cat…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 19 September, 2012 - 12:49am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the information.
… tina jackson, 19 September, 2012 - 1:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
This must have been out looking for a place to pupate, maybe. It was on the asphalt on a school yard, in the middle of the city.
… Lena Struwe, 13 May, 2014 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

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