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Forest Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma disstria

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Tent caterpillars are among the most social of larvae but I saw this individual on its own.

Habitat:

temperate forest

Notes:

I spotted this at Heartland Forest.

Species ID Suggestions

Forest Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma disstria

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ForestDragon
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Comments (1)
Dan Doucette
Oh my bad! I was close, thanks for the correction Tamar.

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PublishedNovember 11, 2013

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