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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 » Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7698 (Malacosoma disstria)
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Butterfly or moth? - Malacosoma disstria
Copyright © 2014 pverde9901

Butterfly or moth? - Malacosoma disstria
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
April 22, 2014
Size: caterpillar
Found it on the pool pump and tried to put it on some herbs. It wasn't happy so I let it go and then today found it swimming in the pool.
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Contributed by pverde9901 on 22 April, 2014 - 4:22pm
Last updated 28 November, 2014 - 5:47pm

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Tent Caterpillar
This was my favorite caterpillar as a child! :-) It is a beautiful Tent caterpillar. Yours likely was trying to find a place to pupate. They get very restless and are "go go GO" when they are done growing and those raging hormones (yes, hormones!) get them going. I blogged about it here: http://lezasleps.blogspot.com/2008/06/tent-caterpillars.html
… Leza, 10 May, 2014 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

Forest Tent cat…
The reference mentions some trees that it feeds on which might be nearby.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 22 April, 2014 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

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