Subject: Brown striped caterpiller
Location: SW Ohio
May 9, 2016 6:48 am
I live near Dayton, OH, and found this caterpiller on my patio table. I have never seen one like this. Can you help ID it?
Thank you.
Signature: Jennifer
Dear Jennifer,
This distinctive caterpillar is a Forest Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria. According to BugGuide: “larvae feed on leaves of alder, basswood, birch, cherry, oak, poplar, willow.”