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Fall Webworm Moth Caterpillar with Parasitic Wasp Larvae

Hyphantria cunea

Habitat:

Woodland habitat under loose piece of tree bark.

Notes:

This poor little guy is infested:( Sad but interesting at the same time.

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4 Comments

beaker98
beaker98 9 years ago

Thanks Juan! Spotting added to the mission.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 9 years ago

Very interesting Beaker. There's a very cool mission for parasited bugs, maybe you can consider including this spot http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1338...

beaker98
beaker98 9 years ago

Thanks for the ID ForestDragon! Much appreciated!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

Your caterpillar is a Fall Webworm, Hyphantria cunea: http://bugguide.net/node/view/453

beaker98
Spotted by
beaker98

Davenport, Iowa, USA

Spotted on Jul 8, 2014
Submitted on Jul 17, 2014

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