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i love this flower !! Geotagged,Italy,Malacosoma alpicolum Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

i love this flower !!

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    WildFlower
    Lion
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    This is a tent caterpillar, but they look similar so it is hard to tell which one, maybe Malacosoma alpicolum (also, M. alpicola). Posted 10 years ago
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      Tom97
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      I think that you are right! Posted 10 years ago

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The Malacosoma alpicolum

''Malacosoma alpicolum'' is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae, the snout moths. It is native to the southern and central Alps.

The wingspan is 18–34 mm. The moth flies from July to August.

The larvae feed on various plants, including roses, common blackberry, ''Alchemilla alpina'', ''Potentilla aurea'', ''Filipendula ulmaria'', and ''Euphorbia cyparissias''.

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Uploaded Oct 24, 2014. Captured in Borgata Capoluogo, 27, 10080 Ceresole Reale Turin, Italy.
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