Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 773598

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma disstria

Observation date: April 02, 2013
Date notes: Date & time exact
Submitted by: Englishman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: This was crawling up someone's T-shirt so may not have been totally local, but didn't originate from too far away! The guy said he saw this species on oak-trees often and had just brushed passed an oak-tree so must have collected it there and then. I returned it to an oak-tree so it could feed.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: April 03, 2013
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, Florida, Hernando County