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Caterpillar

Photo by conrogan
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Field Notes

Description:

White line down the middle with a brown line on each side of the line with black dots on the outside with white dots inside the black dots.

Habitat:

Near rocks.

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma americana

Reference Link
bayucca
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Comments (1)
bayucca
Lasiocampidae, Lappet Moths, Lasiocampinae, Lasiocampini. I only know 1 species with these characteristic markings: Malacosoma americana. http://bugguide.net/node/view/625366/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/188749/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/259570/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/558/bgimage
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PublishedJune 7, 2014

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