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wildflowers-of-southern-ontario · 9 months

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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria Lasiocampidae

Photographs taken on June 20, 2023, at Petroglyphs Provincial Park, Woodview, Ontario, Canada.

#wildflowers of southern ontario #Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth #caterpillar #Malacosoma disstria #insect #Malacosoma #Lasiocampidae #Petroglyphs Provincial Park #Woodview #Ontario #Canada

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moths-daily · 7 months

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Moth Of The Day #187

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth

Malacosoma disstria

From the lasiocampidae family. They have a wingspan of about 30 mm. They are native to North America.

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love-elizabeth · 2 years

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As a follow-up to my post about moths last week, here are some of the baby moths I ran into this spring at one of my favorite state parks! 🥰 🐛 1 Fir tussock moth caterpillar (Orgyia detrita - light form) 2 Fir tussock moth caterpillar (Orgyia detrita - gray form) 3 Forest tent moth caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) 4 Fir Tussock Moth caterpillars 5 No clue. Any of my ento friends know? 6 Forest tent moth caterpillars 7 Forest tent caterpillar moths and Fir tussock moth caterpillars 8 Forest tent caterpillar moths and Fir tussock moth caterpillars 9 Forest tent caterpillar moths and Fir tussock moth caterpillars 10 Fir Tussock Moth ☀️ 🐛 🔎 #florida #bug #insect #moth #lepidoptera #macro #nature #naturelovers #nature_brilliance #fiftyshades_of_nature #moths #tussockmoth #caterpillars #forest #firtussockmoth #Orgyiadetrita #foresttentmoth #Malacosomadisstria #hilllsboroughriver #floridastateparks @fl.stateparks @visitflorida @visittampabay @hillsboroughfl @timperlinetampa @floridastateparksfoundation (at Hillsborough River State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg69RXeulJM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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coolbugs · 4 years

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Bug of the Day

Oh, Hai there!

(forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria)

#forest tent caterpillar #Malacosoma disstria #Malacosoma #Lasiocampidae #Lepidoptera #moth #insect

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cephalogodess · 5 years

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These are the three caterpillar species I’ve been seeing around my home this spring! I’m so happy! I love them so much! From top to bottom, left to right:

Silver spotted tiger moth- Lophocampa argentata

Western tent- Malacosoma californicum

Forest tent- Malacosoma disstria

Bellingham, Washington

May 2019

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bugkeeping · 4 years

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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria

always fun to find a writhing mass of caterpillars just having a good time

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oncebeforealways · 4 years

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Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria)

#forest tent caterpillar #mine #Tent Caterpillar #bug #blue #caterpillar #tree #nature #animal #insect #entemology

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green-algae · 5 years

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The webs of forest tent caterpillar moths [Malacosoma disstria], a North American species especially common in eastern regions. Female moths can lay 300 eggs or more. Images by Herbert A. 'Joe' Pase.

#forest tent caterpillar #forest tent caterpillar moths #forest tent moth #moth #caterpillar #insects #invertebrates #nature

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nanonaturalist · 6 years

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stephyra17 submitted:

Hi! So I found this in my recycling bin, fondly called it Morpheus but I don’t know what it is exactly, like I know this is a cocoon but is it from a caterpillar? Or moth? Maybe silkworm (i assumed it was a caterpillar but now I’m not sure after looking at caterpillars cocoon, they don’t have that white “silky” envelope) thank you!! I’m from Canada if that helps you more

Nice find! I had to do a bit of research for this one, since I didn’t immediately recognize it. I’ll give you the “what is it?!” answer first:

This guy! This is a Tent Caterpillar. They are in the Malacosoma genus [link to bugguide page], and there are three species occurring in Canada. Depending on where you are in Canada, you may have two or three of these species, but one species occurs in all of Canada and the US. That species is the Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Malacosoma disstria, and that is also the species in my photos. Tent caterpillars will build large communal webs that can engulf entire branches of trees (webworm moths also do this, so don’t think all these webs are tent caterpillars!). When they are ready to pupate, they wander off on their own and fine a nice safe area to start spinning a cocoon.

This photo shows a Forest Tent Caterpillar who found a nice corner on a leaf and has already put down that protective webby layer before spinning his cocoon. When he’s done, he will look exactly like your photo, where you see the cocoon under the sheet of webbing. If you were to remove the webbing, you would see the cocoon, which is a very dense, tightly spun structure. These things offer a lot more protection than you would think!

When they are done cooking, they pop out looking like this. CUTE! <3 <3 What a handsome fluffy boy! This is a male Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth.

Your other questions are good ones, too! A lot of the terminology with entomology can be confusing, especially with contradictory “common names” for insects (common names are what people actually call them, as opposed to scientific names that are unique to each species regardless of location). An example: webworms and silkworms are both types of caterpillars, not worms. Just like fireflies/lightning bugs are neither flies nor bugs (they are beetles!), and potato bugs are either beetles or isopods depending on where you live.

But what is a caterpillar anyway? The easy answer is: a caterpillar is the larval life stage of butterflies and moths (order lepidoptera). Except…

The first time I saw these things, I was hella confused. Wtf is this thing? It looked like the illegitimate child of a cursed love affair between a Polyphemus moth and a June Beetle.

Above: Polyphemus moth caterpillar (Left) and Scarab larva (right)

It turns out, my mystery larva is a Sawfly Larva. These can be easily confused with Moth/Butterfly Larva because they essentially look the same (and also, have you ever even heard of a sawfly before???). Also, even worse: both can be called caterpillars.

Above: A caterpillar. Guess which kind! (Hint: it doesn’t turn into a moth or butterfly)

I think it’s ridiculous to call both caterpillars, so I’ll stick to using “caterpillar” to refer ONLY to baby moths/butterflies. The best way to tell caterpillars and sawfly larvae apart is the number of prolegs. With one or two exceptions, all caterpillars will have five or fewer pairs of prolegs. Sawfly larvae always have more than five. But wait, you may be asking what the heck is a proleg?!

These. These are prolegs. I used a Cecropia caterpillar as an example because they are SO LARGE and have exceptional chubby prolegs (also, Cecropia moths are a type of silk moth!). Prolegs are the little warty suction cup-type things caterpillars (and sawfly larvae) use to keep their fat pudgy bodies from falling off everything they try to hold onto. They only have three pairs of legs (just like the adults!), and those are the pointy things you see on the front end of their bodies. Caterpillars can have fewer than five pairs of prolegs, inchworms (again, NOT a worm!) being a notable example–they only have TWO pairs!

To address your other point (what do caterpillar cocoons look like?), well, there are a lot of moths and they all make different types of cocoons.

Some cocoons! Left to right: Withered Mocis (makes cocoon out of blades of grass), Psara dryalis (makes cocoon out of a single leaf), Tussock moth (sheds its caterpillar hairs and glues them together with silk)

Some more cocoons! Left: Southern Flannel Moth (they spin a thin silk layer, then within that, spin a much denser layer, complete with a door flap I’m not joking), Right: Virginian Tiger Moth (sheds caterpillar hairs, loosely binds them to make a fragile cocoon).

Also, not all moths make cocoons! Some will just pupate wherever they happen to be and hope nobody finds them and eats them! Also: butterflies do not make cocoons (the pupa is always inside the cocoon–the cocoon is just the protective layer), and butterfly pupae are called chrysalids (singular: chrysalis).

Thanks for your questions, they were good ones! :D

Posted June 25, 2018 All photos (besides submission) were taken in Texas

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eengwall · 3 years

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forest tent caterpillar moth larva (Malacosoma disstria) #lepidoptera #moths #mothsoftexas #backyardnature (at Dallas, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/COWudSYHLJt/?igshid=1tekdjw7ivs4i

#lepidoptera #moths #mothsoftexas #backyardnature

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tfbtfarms · 3 years

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There are so many Forest Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma disstria) out right now, it’s insane! They are a web worm that drops down from the trees using a single #web to help them get around after hatching. They are not harmful to and do not nest in the trees, but large groups can defoliate an entire tree when food is scarce. Luckily the #neem oil seems to keep them out of the garden and the chickens seem to love them so that’s a bonus. (at The First Best Thing Farms) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNakHMrHiJ_/?igshid=19a0slnxnsvqm

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dstroym · 4 years

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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma Disstria) wearing a penguin sweater

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bond2455 · 5 years

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Необычная гусеница с "пингвинами" на спине (18 фото)

Необычная гусеница с “пингвинами” на спине (18 фото)

Если вы взгляните на гусеницу лесного кольчатого шелкопряда (Malacosoma disstria) и немножко напряжете воображение, то увидите на ней нечто замечательное. ��ти насекомые обитают по всей Северной Америке, а сверху, вдоль тела гусеницы, располагаются узоры, которые похожи на танцующих пингвинов. Похоже, бабушка связала ей на рождество свитер, но решила, что простого узора будет недостаточно.

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cephalogodess · 5 years

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Malacosoma disstria

The northern forest tent caterpillar! So beautiful, I’ve seen tons. I’m in love with them even though I know they eat a bit too much :( But they are truly beautiful

#Malacosoma disstria #tent caterpillar #northern forest tent caterpillar #caterpillar #washington caterpillars #caterpillar species #insect #mine #bellingham #bellingham caterpillars #caterpillars of washington #bugs #malacosoma

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bugkeeping · 4 years

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