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Eastern tent caterpillar moth

Malacosoma americanum

Notes:

Front porch spotting

2 Species ID Suggestions

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago
Eastern tent caterpillar moth
Malacosoma americanum Eastern tent caterpillar
KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago
Banded tiger moth
Apantesis vittata Banded tiger moth


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KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Hi Chunky & welcome to Project Noah!
The tiger moth is the one on the right. Usually we request that a spotting focusses on a single species but as both of the organisms here belong in the same category you can add the common & scientific names of both species to the relevant boxes in edit.

chunky_d57
Spotted by
chunky_d57

Kentucky, USA

Spotted on May 6, 2012
Submitted on May 7, 2012

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