#3111 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth

Malacosoma disstria

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Royal Tyler · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Eric Giles · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jack Gelinas · CC0
4. © Nash Turley · CC BY 4.0
5. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
7. Huntley Meadows Park:© Matt Muir · CC BY 4.0
8. Wales Ave, Fort Worth, TX, US:© A. Rector · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. The Crossings, Lethbridge, AB, Canada:© Jason Headley · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Buckingham, Pennsylvania, United States:© Bill Keim · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The forest tent caterpillar moth ( Malacosoma disstria ) is a North American moth found throughout the United States and Canada, especially in the eastern regions.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 41,873iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
41,873 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1820 (206 years ago).