Eastern tent caterpillar
Insect
Eastern tent caterpillar
Malacosoma americanum (Fabr.)
Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae
Distribution: Most fruit-growing states and provinces in eastern North America.
The adult is reddish brown with two white, transverse-parallel bands (A). Masses of shiny black eggs are laid in a ring around twigs. Larvae have long silky hairs on their body and a yellow line on their back (B).
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