That's the direction I'm headed in...leaning toward the Owlets....just a touch over an inch long.
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melody,
I think you have an Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americanum): http://bugguide.net/node/view/948/bgpage
Ken
Uggh.....
LOL ..
((Po' Mel)).
Haint it plum frustratin' when you find something so interestingly 'pretty' .. only to find out it causes such destructive damage to our trees & shrubs!?!
- Magpye
Yeah, and I've blow torched my share of the critters too....
This year hasn't been as bad...the Big Easter Weekend Freeze got a large percentage of them.
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