A cocoon filled with western tent caterpillars, Malacosoma californicum , on a shrub along the Metolius River in the Cascade Mountains of central Oreg

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A cocoon filled with western tent caterpillars, Malacosoma californicum , on a shrub along the Metolius River in the Cascade Mountains of central Oregon.

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Photo credit: © Buddy Mays / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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