Odd Field Identification Methods

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For most shelter-building caterpillars, you mainly identify them based on what they build and the plant they build it on, because the actual caterpillars are very similar-looking (and frequently concealed and/or tiny). Unfortunately, because there usually aren’t great descriptions of the shelters, many of these species are only represented by adults on iNat. But here’s one example: pine tube moth