CLOSED: Owlet or Tiger??

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) May 21, 2007

That's the direction I'm headed in...leaning toward the Owlets....just a touch over an inch long.

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) May 21, 2007

melody,
I think you have an Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americanum): http://bugguide.net/node/view/948/bgpage

Ken

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) May 21, 2007

Uggh.....

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Magpye NW Qtr, AR(Zone 6a) May 21, 2007

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

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) May 22, 2007

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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