Observation | Caterpillar host plant (text field) |
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Vaccinium | |
Photos / SoundsWhatTawny Virbia Moth (Virbia opella)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound wandering on my dirt driveway on 4/6/2023. It accepted dandelion leaves. Orange spiracles.
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dandelion |
Breynia oblongifolia | |
Breynia oblongifolia | |
Alphitonia excelsa | |
WhatCabbage Tree Moth (Epiphryne verriculata)Observeralice_shanksDescriptionEating through forest cabbage tree Cordyline banksii. |
Cordyline banksii |
Photos / SoundsWhatCherry Gall Azure (Celastrina serotina)ObservermnerrieDescriptionOn Black Cherry (Prunus serotina). The Black Cherry Gall Azure Caterpillar mimics the Black Cherry Leaf Gall (Eriophyes cerasicrumena). The galls are home to small mites that feeds on the black cherry leaf. It turns out this caterpillar has a fondness for the galls - it eats the galls, mite and all. It’s one of only two caterpillars in our area known to be carnivorous. (The other is the caterpillar of the harvester butterfly.) |
Prunus serotina |
Photos / SoundsWhatDrexel's Datana Moth (Datana drexelii)ObservermnerrieDescriptionOn northern highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum. Here is another observation of the same species of caterpillar feeding on leaves of common witch-hazel, Hamamelis virginiana, a week later in the same location. |
Vaccinium corymbosum |
Photos / SoundsWhatDrexel's Datana Moth (Datana drexelii)ObservermnerrieDescriptionFeeding on Common Witch-Hazel, Hamamelis virginiana. Here is another observation of the same species of caterpillar feeding on highbush blueberry leaves a week earlier in the same location. |
Hamamelis virginiana |
Rayjacksonia annua | |
red oak (Quercus rubra) | |
Photos / SoundsWhatBarberry Geometer Moth (Rheumaptera meadii)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 10/14/2022 on Japanese barberry while removing all of the berries (I have since dug up this non-native bush)
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Japanese barberry |
Photos / SoundsWhatStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth (Trichordestra legitima)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/23/2022 on aster
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Aster |
Photos / SoundsWhatRadcliffe's Dagger (Acronicta radcliffei)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/20/2022 on black cherry
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black cherry |
Photos / SoundsWhatGiant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/15/2022 as a freshly molted caterpillar. It was near a big patch of bush honeysuckle and accepted that.
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bush honeysuckle |
Photos / SoundsWhatBrown-hooded Owlet (Cucullia convexipennis)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/18/2022 on aster (wood aster?).
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Aster |
Photos / SoundsWhatPearl Moths (Subfamily Spilomelinae)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/13/2022 in a leaf shelter on wild strawberry
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wild strawberry |
Photos / SoundsWhatNeotelphusa praefixaObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound on 5/23/23 in a leaf shelter on blueberry (shelter is in 5th photo)
Neotelphusa praefixa seems close too, and it is listed on blueberry on the HOSTS database. That might be my best guess. |
Blueberry |
Photos / SoundsWhatAmerican Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/13/2022 on pearly everlasting
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Pearly everlasting |
Photos / SoundsWhatPurple-crested Slug Moth (Adoneta spinuloides)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/12/2022 on black cherry
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black cherry |
Photos / SoundsWhatNorth American Common Gray (Anavitrinella pampinaria)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/10/2022 on goldenrod
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Goldenrod |
Photos / SoundsWhatAngulose Prominent (Peridea angulosa)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/10/2022 on white oak
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white oak |
Photos / SoundsWhatYellow-shouldered Slug Moth (Lithacodes fasciola)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/13/2022 on black cherry
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Black cherry |
Photos / SoundsWhatPurple-crested Slug Moth (Adoneta spinuloides)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/7/2022 on black cherry
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Black cherry |
Photos / SoundsWhatYellow-shouldered Slug Moth (Lithacodes fasciola)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/7/2022 on sweet birch
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sweet birch |
Photos / SoundsWhatInterrupted Dagger (Acronicta interrupta)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/7/2022 on sweet birch
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sweet birch |
Photos / SoundsWhatUnicorn Prominent (Coelodasys unicornis)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/7/2022 on sweet birch and pupated in some leaves
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sweet birch |
Photos / SoundsWhatUnicorn Prominent (Coelodasys unicornis)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/7/2022 on sweet birch
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sweet birch |
Photos / SoundsWhatTortricid Leafroller Moths and Allies (Superfamily Tortricoidea)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound 9/7/2022 in a leaf fold shelter on black cherry. It was sharing a leaf with a sphinx caterpillar.
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black cherry |
Photos / SoundsWhatSmall-eyed Sphinx (Paonias myops)ObserverosmeteriumDescriptionFound: 9/7/2022 on black cherry
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black cherry |