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Eastern Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma americana

Photo by 3website3
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Field Notes

Description:

Found a nest of these right outside my house. Usually they're crawling around but they huddled together today to hide from the wind and rain!

Habitat:

Low hanging branch open to the sun

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma americana

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ForestDragon
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Comments (1)
ForestDragon
Despite their destructiveness, I find them quite pretty.

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PublishedMay 22, 2013

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