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20-MAY-2013 Christine Hanrahan

Eastern tent caterpillar eggs (Malacosoma americana)

There were a number of tent caterpillar webs on chokecherry trees, and on the twigs near the tents, or further down on the trunk of the tree, were old egg masses.

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/60s f/5.6 at 5.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time20-May-2013 11:55:34
MakeCanon
ModelCanon PowerShot SX20 IS
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length5 mm
Exposure Time1/59 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent200
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Focus Distance0.120 m

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Fabienne21-May-2013 19:15
Vous avez un grand sens de l'observation et vous découvrez des sujets rares à trouver.
Carol Rollins21-May-2013 13:11
Wonderful find and terrific shot!
Stephanie21-May-2013 12:47
Fascinating! V
pkocinski21-May-2013 12:12
Interesting...
Guest 21-May-2013 11:34
The Orioles will be happy! Great shot!
Torben Jorgensen21-May-2013 09:47
Great find and shot. V
Yvonne21-May-2013 08:41
What a fascinating collection, superb shot Christine! v
Blandine Mangin21-May-2013 08:01
another beautiful macro ! v
Linda & Pär Johansson21-May-2013 07:14
Another great lesson from you Christine! Interestingly! V
Don Mottershead21-May-2013 04:38
We have a very bad "crop" of tent caterpillars this year. They are just starting to eat the leaves, and they are going to do a lot of damage.
In any case, that's an interesting photo.
joseantonio21-May-2013 04:23
Very nice capture and information.V.
globalgadabout21-May-2013 03:24
interesting they are so barnacle-like...here in the west their eggs are in a more gossamer web....the larvae are hyper destructive though, killing many shrubs and trees in the odd years they thrive..i those same years wasps also spread, their eggs implanted in a host larva...
Sonja Ross21-May-2013 02:53
It's interesting to see and read about the creatures in your part of the world.
Hank Vander Velde21-May-2013 02:10
Nice shot and info of something I've never, to my knowledge, observed before. thanks for sharing Christine.
Carl Carbone21-May-2013 01:54
I've never seen these before. We had little, tiny, black caterpillars falling on us from some pines yesterday. I thought tent caterpillars,
but they were only about 4mm long. These eggs make me think tent caterpillar babies are larger.
nightwings21-May-2013 01:05
These are the things that make the webs in our pecan trees ??
LynnH21-May-2013 00:34
How strange looking. Nice work on capturing the details.
CatherineSimard21-May-2013 00:26
Cool!
Ann Shapiro21-May-2013 00:04
That's so cool....you amaze me with your knowledge of eggs and stuff - I'd have no idea what the eggs belonged to! Great shot! V
Janet Forjan-Freedman20-May-2013 22:38
The thumbnail looked like golden pearls. Neat catch.
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