#3094 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth

Malacosoma americana

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what is it?

The eastern tent caterpillar ( Malacosoma americanum ) is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae, the tent caterpillars or lappet 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...

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NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 66,405iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).