Eastern Tent Caterpillar

Eastern Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) - "Adult moths have a wingspan of approximately 1½ inches. They are reddish-brown and the forewings have two\r\nwhitish stripes extending diagonally across the wing. Mature larvae are approximately 2 ¼ inches long, black with\r\nbrownish markings, and a narrow unbroken white stripe\r\nthe length of the back. Pupae are reddish-brown and in a\r\ncocoon of tough paper-like material surrounded by whitish silk. A powdery yellow substance is mixed with the silk.\r\nEggs are small, dark colored, and cemented in a mass of as\r\nmany as 300 encircling a twig. Each egg mass is covered\r\nwith a dark colored glue-like substance which, after hardening, looks like a varnish finish."



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