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tussock caterpillar
larva of a tussock moth
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cankerworm
green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees
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inchworm, looper, measuring worm
small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
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Phthorimaea operculella, potato tuberworm
larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
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cutworm
North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
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Pseudaletia unipuncta, army worm, armyworm
noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain
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Spodoptera exigua, beet armyworm
moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables
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Spodoptera frugiperda, fall armyworm
larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains
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Manduca sexta, tobacco hornworm, tomato worm
large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
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Manduca quinquemaculata, potato worm, tomato hornworm
large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm
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silkworm
the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk
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giant silkworm, silkworm, wild wilkworm
larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
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tent caterpillar
the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
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lappet caterpillar
larva of a lappet moth
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webworm
several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
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Pyrausta nubilalis, corn borer
larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize
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bollworm
any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
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Pieris rapae, cabbageworm
toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
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woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar
caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests
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spring cankerworm
variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata
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fall cankerworm
green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria
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Chorizagrotis auxiliaris, army cutworm
larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states
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Samia cynthia, ailanthus silkworm
large green silkworm of the cynthia moth
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Malacosoma disstria, forest tent caterpillar
larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees
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Hyphantria cunea, fall webworm
a variety of webworm
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Loxostege similalis, garden webworm
a variety of webworm
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Gelechia gossypiella, pink bollworm
larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls
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Heliothis zia, corn earworm, cotton bollworm, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm
larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
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woolly bear moth
larva of moth of the family Arctiidae