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Forest Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma disstria

Photo by gatorfellows
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Description:

Larvae: dark-gray to brownish-black background body color, highlighted by broad, pale-blue lines and thin, broken yellow lines extending along each side; dorsum of each abdominal segment has distinct whitish keyhole or shoeprint-shaped marking; body has fine, whitish, and sparsely distributed hairs.

Habitat:

Several crawling along surfaces along a wooded path in a city park.

Reference Links:

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Species Malacosoma disstria - Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7698 - BugG…

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