Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma americana
Summary 3
The eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae, the snout moths. It is univoltine, producing one generation per year. It is a tent caterpillar, a social species that forms communal nests in the branches of trees. It is sometimes confused with the gypsy moth and the fall webworm, and may be erroneously referred to as a bagworm, which is the common name applied to unrelated caterpillars in the family...
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Greg Hume (Greg5030), algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Eastern_tent.jpg
- (c) Bob Patterson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files1/Live/BP/BP7701b.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malacosoma_americana
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