On Saturday morning, I was sitting on the steps of the deck, trying to recover
from yesterday's migraine, and watching the Eastern Tent Caterpillar cats
parading around, when I saw a joker in the group. A smaller caterpillar was
crawling around, with a dotted back instead of the uninterrupted cream stripe
down the back. After taking photos and looking at Wagner's Caterpillars of
Eastern NA and BugGuide.net, I realized that I had a Forest Tent Caterpillar -
a first for me.
I looked again at last year's photos of Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moths, to be
sure that I hadn't missed a Forest, but they were all Eastern.
So:
5-1 Malacosoma disstria - Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7698
Oh, yeah. Eastern Tent Caterpillars have been here for some time, so:
4-15 Malacosoma americanum - Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7701
Photos of both are attached.
Audrey
Audrey Hoff
I think that I think, therefore I am.......maybe.......
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