Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter
Project Noah

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Eastern Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma americanum

Spotting Image 1
  • photo 1
  • photo
  • photo
  • photo

Description:

Malacosoma americana?

Habitat:

On Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia) at the edge of an oak forest and a grassy field

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Pretty caterpillars....

Pamela14
Pamela14 7 years ago

I agree, it appears to be Malacosoma americana

Sign in to comment
Machi
Spotted by
Machi

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jan 28, 2017
Submitted on Apr 29, 2017

Spotted for Missions

Related Spottings

Tent Caterpillars Tent Caterpillar Lackey Moth Eastern tent caterpillar

Nearby Spottings

American Mistletoe Slime Mold Yellow Jessamine Chickasaw Plum

Reference

Tags

eastern tent caterpillar eastern tent caterpillar moth hodges#7701 hodges #7701 hodges 7701 malacosoma americana malacosoma americanum
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team