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Malacosoma disstria
Dark-gray to brownish-black background body color, highlighted by blue lines and thin, broken yellow lines extending along each side; dorsum of each abdominal segment has distinct whitish keyhole-shaped marking. Body has fine, sparsely distributed hairs
I spotted a bunch of these caterpillars throughout a deciduous forest area at Bent of the River Audubon. This one was crawling along the roots of a tree on the bank of a stream, and it kept getting stuck in the sand.
Spotted on Jun 12, 2016
Submitted on Jun 13, 2016
2 Comments
Thanks!
Nice close-up!