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Fall Webworm

Hyphantria cunea

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Ava T-B
Ava T-B 9 years ago

Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah! It looks like you have a Fall Webworm and nest here. It is a species of Tiger Moth.

Bombyx mori is a domesticates species of moth that the larvae are used to produce silk for commercial use. Here is a bit more information from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombyx_mori...

Welcome to Project Noah kgardner0696
Nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing
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kgardner0696
Spotted by
kgardner0696

Illinois, USA

Spotted on Dec 5, 2014
Submitted on Dec 5, 2014

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