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Malacosoma tigris
Sonoran Tent Caterpillar
Malacosoma tigris, the Sonoran tent caterpillar, is a tent caterpillar species in the moth family Lasiocampidae. It is one of several North American Malacosoma species that construct silken tents on host plants. The species is distinguished by its distribution in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Like related tent caterpillars, it exhibits social larval behavior and undergoes complete metamorphosis with egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages.