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Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Malacosoma americanum
39.4276, -76.9953
Field Notes
Description:
Confused with the gypsy moth and the fall webworm, and may be erroneously referred to as a bagworm, which is the common name applied to unrelated caterpillars in the family Psychidae.
Habitat:
The eastern tent caterpillar is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae, the tent caterpillars or lappet moths. It is a tent caterpillar, a social species that forms communal nests in the branches of trees.
Notes:
The adult moth lays her eggs in a single batch in late spring or early summer. An egg mass contains about 200 to 300 eggs.
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