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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth

Malacosoma disstria

Photo by Bird nut
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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth

Malacosoma disstria

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bayucca
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bayucca
Sorry, Livan, missed that! Moved to Arthropods.
LivanEscudero
Nice spotting. Oh and symbol should be change from starfish to dragonfly as it is a larval insect.
bayucca
Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Lasiocampini, should be Malacosoma disstria. http://bugguide.net/node/view/793102/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/560

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