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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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Unknown Caterpillar - Malacosoma californica
Copyright © 2006 Blair Scott

Unknown Caterpillar - Malacosoma californica
Penasco, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
July 13, 2006
This one was walking on a rock alongside a river in the mountains around Penasco. While the picture shows a bluish tint to his skin, he is actually all black (the flash on the camera caused the bluish tint), but he is a "shimmery" black and not a matte black.

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Unknown Caterpillar - Malacosoma californica Unknown Caterpillar - Malacosoma californica
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Contributed by Blair Scott on 23 September, 2006 - 4:40pm
Last updated 6 December, 2013 - 9:27am

Moved
Moved from Sonoran Tent Caterpillar. Changed our minds - think these are Western and will move them there
… john and jane balaban, 6 December, 2013 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 11 December, 2006 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

Different angle, but
the blue color pattern reminds us of Sonoran Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma tigris), images at Arizona - (scroll down). See what you think.
… john and jane balaban, 13 October, 2006 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

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