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Tent Caterpillar on Red Buckeye

Malacosoma sp.

Photo by rabaker96
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow body with black head and tip of tail, black dots, some small spines.

Notes:

The caterpillar webs were only on Red Buckeye, and on several different Red Buckeye trees across a fairly large area.

Species ID Suggestions

Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma sp.
MadGrady
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PublishedApril 13, 2014

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