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Forest Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma disstria

Photo by Musicwolf
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Field Notes

Habitat:

St. Louis Zoo pavement.

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma americanum
jbstrange2202
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Forest Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma disstria

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ForestDragon
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Comments (2)
Musicwolf
I believe you nailed it ForestDragon! Thank you very much.
ForestDragon
One of the differences between the Eastern Tent Caterpillar and the Forest Tent Caterpillar is the white/cream line on the back. The line is broken on Forest Tent Caterpillars while it is an unbroken line on the Eastern Tent Caterpillars. Please check the link I provided to confirm! :-)

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PublishedApril 20, 2014

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