Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1095147

Hickory Tussock Moth or Hickory Tiger Moth
Lophocampa caryae

Observation date: August 09, 2016
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Found near Long Pond Trail, in a forest with very little to no understory. Mostly beech, sweet birch, hemlock, and sugar maples. It was a sunny day, high 80s. He had crawled onto a root that was dug up earlier that day, as part of a project to build a floating observation deck and a 20 foot gangway to allow access into a fragile, unique wetland ecosystem in the park.
Status: Resident
Verified by: bradensing
Verified date: March 07, 2017
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, New York, Rensselaer County