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Fall Webworm, Tiger Moth (Hyphantria cunea)

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Order: Lepidoptera (le-pid-OP-ter-a) (Info)
Family: Arctiidae (ark-TYE-ih-dee) (Info)
Genus: Hyphantria
Species: cunea
Profile:
No positives
No neutrals
1 negative

Regional...
This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Cole Camp, Missouri
Craryville, New York
Glouster, Ohio
Lufkin, Texas
Sugar Land, Texas
Danville, Virginia

Member Notes:

Rating Author Comment

Negative rb250 On Jan 1, 2008, rb250 from Danville, VA
(Zone 7b) wrote:
We call them tent worms, they will destroy a tree in a short period of time. We burn the tents before they turn to moth.

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