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Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma americanum

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3 Species ID Suggestions

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Mandy Hollman
Mandy Hollman 12 years ago
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Malacosoma americanum
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tocorpus11
tocorpus11 12 years ago
Eastern Tent worm catepillar
Malacosoma americanum Eastern tent caterpillar
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chebeague7
chebeague7 12 years ago
Brown tail moth


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2 Comments

tocorpus11
tocorpus11 12 years ago

Had these things every where when I was growing up

tocorpus11
tocorpus11 12 years ago

That is a tent worm.I'll have the scientific name in a second.It is harmful to trees in summer.Something you don't want to see alot of.

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bandhturtlesite
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bandhturtlesite

Illinois, USA

Spotted on Apr 24, 2012
Submitted on Apr 24, 2012

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