Lepidoptera.
Lymantridae.
Hemerocampa pseudotsugata.
Full-grown Douglas-fir tussock moth larva, which has completed feeding, searching for pupation site. Halfway, Oregon.
Note: Taxonomy is from 1959 documentation.
Photo by: Wally C. Guy and V.M. Carolin
Date: 1959
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection.
Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon.
Image: PS-2267
For additional historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site:
wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:
www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
