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Dedication
PREFACE
Acknowledgements
Introduction
SLUG CATERPILLARS - LIMACODIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
COLLECTING AND REARING TIPS
RED-CROSSED BUTTON SLUG - Tortricidia pallida
EARLY BUTTON SLUG - Tortricidia testacea
RED-EYED BUTTON SLUG - Heterogenea shurtleffi
ELEGANT TAILED SLUG - Packardia elegans
YELLOW-SHOULDERED SLUG - Lithacodes fasciola
SHAGREENED SLUG - Apoda biguttata
SKIFF MOTH - Prolimacodes badia
SPUN GLASS SLUG - Isochaetes beutenmuelleri
MONKEY SLUG (HAG MOTH) - Phobetron pithecium
NASON’S SLUG - Natada nasoni
CROWNED SLUG - Isa textula
PURPLE-CRESTED SLUG - Adoneta spinuloides
PIN-STRIPED VERMILION SLUG - Monoleuca semifascia
SPINY OAK-SLUG - Euclea delphinii
SMALLER PARASA - Parasa chloris
STINGING ROSE CATERPILLAR - Parasa indetermina
SADDLEBACK CATERPILLAR - Acharia stimulea
FLANNEL MOTHS - MEGALOPYGIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
BLACK-WAVED FLANNEL CATERPILLAR - Megalopyge crispata (= Lagoa crispata)
PUSS CATERPILLAR (SOUTHERN FLANNEL MOTH) - Megalopyge opercularis
WHITE FLANNEL MOTH - Norape ovina
SMOKY MOTHS - ZYGAENIDAE
GRAPELEAF SKELETONIZER - Harrisina americana
SKIPPERS - HESPERIIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
COLLECTING AND REARING TIPS
SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER - Epargyreus clarus
BEAN LEAF ROLLER (LONG-TAILED SKIPPER) - Urbanus proteus
HOARY EDGE - Achalarus lyciades
NORTHERN CLOUDYWING - Thorybes pylades
DREAMY DUSKYWING - Erynnis icelus
JUVENAL’S DUSKYWING - Erynnis juvenalis
COMMON CHECKERED-SKIPPER - Pyrgus communis
COMMON SOOTYWING - Pholisora catullus
SPREAD-WING SKIPPERS
LEAST SKIPPER - Ancyloxypha numitor
EUROPEAN SKIPPER - Thymelicus lineola
PECK’S SKIPPER - Polites peckius
HOBOMOK SKIPPER - Poanes hobomok
GRASS SKIPPERS
DUN SKIPPER - Euphyes vestris
GRASS SKIPPERS
SWALLOWTAILS - PAPILIONIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
POLYDAMAS SWALLOWTAIL - Bathus polydamus
PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAIL - Battus philenor
ORANGE DOG (GIANT SWALLOWTAIL) - Papilio cresphontes
EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL - Papilio glaucus
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL - Papilio polyxenes
SPICEBUSH SWALLOWTAIL - Papilio troilus
ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL - Eurytides marcellus
WHITES AND SULPHURS - PIERIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
CABBAGE BUTTERFLY - Pieris rapae
CHECKERED WHITE - Pontia protodice
GREAT SOUTHERN WHITE - Ascia monuste
FALCATE ORANGE TIP - Anthocharis midea
CLOUDED SULPHUR - Colias philodice
CLOUDLESS SULPHUR - Phoebis sennae
SULPHURS
HAIRSTREAKS, BLUES, COPPERS, AND METALMARKS - LYCAENIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
HARVESTER - Feniseca tarquinius
AMERICAN COPPER - Lycaena phlaeas
COPPERS, HAIRSTREAKS, AND ELFINS
ATALA - Eumaeus atala
GREAT PURPLE HAIRSTREAK - Atlides halesus
BANDED HAIRSTREAK - Satyrium calanus
STRIPED HAIRSTREAK - Satyrium liparops
HENRY’S ELFIN - Callophrys henrici
EASTERN PINE ELFIN - Callophrys niphon
JUNIPER HAIRSTREAK - Callophrys gryneus
GRAY HAIRSTREAK - Strymon melinus
EASTERN TAILED-BLUE - Everes comyntas
SPRING AZURE - Celastrina ladon species complex
SILVERY BLUE - Glaucopsyche lygdamus
LITTLE METALMARK - Calephelis virginiensis
BRUSHFOOTS - NYMPHALIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
COLLECTING AND REARING TIPS
AMERICAN SNOUT - Libytheana carinenta
GULF FRITILLARY - Agraulis vanillae
JULIA - Dryas iulia
ZEBRA - Heliconius charithonius
EASTERN COMMA - Polygonia comma
QUESTION MARK - Polygonia interrogationis
MOURNING CLOAK - Nymphalis antiopa
MILBERT’S TORTOISESHELL - Aglais milberti
RED ADMIRAL - Vanessa atalanta
PAINTED LADY
AMERICAN LADY - Vanessa virginiensis
COMMON BUCKEYE - Junonia coenia
ANGLEWINGS, PEACOCKS, AND ADMIRALS
VARIEGATED FRITILLARY - Euptoieta claudia
GREAT SPANGLED FRITILLARY - Speyeria cybele
FRITILLARIES, CHECKERSPOTS, AND CRESCENTS
PEARL CRESCENT - Phyciodes tharos
SILVERY CHECKERSPOT - Chlosyne nycteis
BALTIMORE - Euphydryas phaeton
TROPICAL BRUSHFOOTS
VICEROY - Limenitis archippus
TAWNY EMPEROR - Asterocampa clyton
LITTLE WOOD SATYR - Megisto cymela
NORTHERN PEARLY EYE - Enodia anthedon
COMMON RINGLET
COMMON WOOD NYMPH - Cercyonis pegala
SATYRS AND BROWNS
QUEEN - Danaus gilippus
MONARCH - Danaus plexippus
HOOKTIP AND THYATIRINE MOTHS - DREPANIDAE
ROSE HOOKTIP - Oreta rosea
MASKED BIRCH CATERPILLAR (ARCHED HOOKTIP) - Drepana arcuata
DOGWOOD THYATIRID - Euthyatira pudens
TUFTED THYATIRID - Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
LOOPERS, INCHWORMS, AND SPANWORMS - GEOMETRIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
COLLECTING AND REARING TIPS
FALL CANKERWORM - Alsophila pometaria
VIRGIN MOTH - Protitame virginalis
LESSER MAPLE SPANWORM - Itame pustularia
CURRANT SPANWORM - Itame ribearia
WHITE PINE ANGLE - Macaria pinistrobata
CURVED-LINED ANGLE - Digrammia continuata
FAINT-SPOTTED ANGLE - Digrammia ocellinata
DOTTED GRAY - Glena cribrataria
SMALL PURPLISH GRAY - Iridopsis humaria
BENT-LINE GRAY - Iridopsis larvaria
LARGE PURPLISH GRAY - Iridopsis vellivolata
DOUBLE-LINED GRAY - Cleora sublunaria
SADDLEBACK LOOPER (THE SMALL ENGRAILED) - Ectropis crepuscularia
DASH-LINED LOOPER (PORCELAIN GRAY) - Protoboarmia porcelaria
TULIP-TREE BEAUTY - Epimecis hortaria
CANADIAN MELANOLOPHIA - Melanolophia canadaria
POWDER MOTH - Eufidonia notataria
CLEFT-HEADED LOOPER - (PEPPER-AND-SALT MOTH) Biston betularia
WOOLLY GRAY - Lycia ypsilon
ESTHER MOTH - Hypagyrtis esther
ONE-SPOTTED VARIANT - Hypagyrtis unipunctata
SMALL PHIGALIA - Phigalia strigataria
THE HALF-WING - Phigalia titea
SPRING CANKERWORM - Paleacrita vernata
LINDEN LOOPER - Erannis tiliaria
WHITE SPRING MOTH - Lomographa vestaliata
YELLOW-DUSTED CREAM MOTH - Cabera erythemaria
COMMON LYTROSIS - Lytrosis unitaria
OBTUSE EUCHLAENA - Euchlaena obtusaria
CROCUS GEOMETER - Xanthotype sospeta
HÜBNER’S PERO - Pero ancetaria (= hubneraria)
OAK BEAUTY - Phaeoura quernaria
FRINGED LOOPER (PALE BEAUTY) - Campaea perlata
MAPLE SPANWORM - Ennomos magnaria
ELM SPANWORM - Ennomos subsignaria
KENT’S GEOMETER - Selenia kentaria
PALE METANEMA - Metanema inatomaria
COMMON METARRANTHIS - Metarranthis hypochraria
ALIEN PROBOLE - Probole alienaria
HOLLOW-SPOTTED PLAGODIS - Plagodis alcoolaria
NORTHERN PINE LOOPER - Caripeta piniata
OAK BESMA - Besma quercivoraria
CURVE-LINED LOOPER - Lambdina fervidaria
CHAIN-DOTTED GEOMETER - Cingilia catenaria
FESTIVE PINE LOOPER - Nepytia nr. pellucidaria
CONFUSED EUSARCA - Eusarca confusaria
WHITE SLANT-LINE - Tetracis cachexiata
PURPLISH-BROWN LOOPER - (CURVED-TOOTH GEOMETER) Eutrapela clemataria
JUNIPER GEOMETER - Patalene olyzonaria
LARGE MAPLE SPANWORM - Prochoerodes lineola (= P. transversata)
FILAMENT BEARER - Nematocampa resistaria
ENNOMINES
ENNOMINES
BLACKBERRY LOOPER - Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
SHOWY EMERALD - Dichorda iridaria
RED-FRINGED EMERALD - Nemoria bistriaria
CAMOUFLAGED LOOPER (WAVY-LINED EMERALD) - Synchlora aerata
EMERALDS
SWEETFERN GEOMETER - Cyclophora pendulinaria
COMMON TAN WAVE - Pleuroprucha insulsaria
LARGE LACE-BORDER - Scopula limboundata
WAVES
LESSER GRAPEVINE LOOPER - Eulithis diversilineata
TRANSFIGURED HYDRIOMENA - Hydriomena ?transfigurata
BARBERRY LOOPER (BARBERRY GEOMETER) - Coryphista meadii
CHERRY SCALLOP SHELL - Rheumaptera prunivorata (= Hydria prunivorata)
THE BRUCE SPANWORM - Operophtera bruceata
COMMON PUG - Eupithecia miserulata
YELLOW-LINED CONIFER LOOPER - (MOTTLED GRAY CARPET) Cladara ?limitaria
TWO-LINED ASPEN LOOPER - (POWDERED BIGWING) Lobophora nivigerata
CARPETS
SCOOPWINGS - URANIIDAE - (Subfamily Epipleminae)
BROWN SCOOPWING - Calledapteryx dryopterata
SACK-BEARERS - MIMALLONIDAE
MELSHEIMER’S SACK-BEARER - Cicinnus melsheimeri
SCALLOPED SACK-BEARER - Lacosoma chiridota
TRUE SILKWORM AND APATELODINE MOTHS - BOMBYCIDAE
SPOTTED APATELODES - Apatelodes torrefacta
THE ANGEL - Olceclostera angelica
SILKWORM (SILKMOTH) - Bombyx mori
TENT CATERPILLARS AND LAPPET MOTHS - LASIOCAMPIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
COLLECTING AND REARING TIPS
LARGE TOLYPE - Tolype velleda
DOT-LINED WHITE - Artace cribraria
RILEY’S LAPPET MOTH - Heteropacha rileyana
EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR - Malacosoma americanum
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR - Malacosoma disstria
LAPPET MOTH - Phyllodesma americana
GIANT SILKWORM AND ROYAL a MOTHS - SATURNIIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
COLLECTING AND REARING TIPS
PINE DEVIL - Citheronia sepulcralis
HICKORY HORNED DEVIL (REGAL OR ROYAL WALNUT MOTH) Citheronia regalis
IMPERIAL MOTH - Eacles imperialis
HONEY LOCUST MOTH - Sphingicampa bicolor
GREEN-STRIPED MAPLEWORM - (ROSY MAPLE MOTH) Dryocampa rubicunda
ORANGE-STRIPED OAKWORM - Anisota senatoria
SPINY OAKWORM - Anisota stigma
PINK-STRIPED OAKWORM - Anisota virginiensis
IO MOTH - Automeris io
BUCK MOTH - Hemileuca maia
LOCUST AND BUCK MOTHS
LUNA MOTH - Actias luna
POLYPHEMUS MOTH - Antheraea polyphemus
PROMETHEA MOTH - Callosamia promethea
TULIP-TREE MOTH - Callosamia angulifera
CECROPIA MOTH - Hyalophora cecropia
GIANT SILKWORM MOTHS
HORNWORMS (SPHINX OR HAWK MOTHS) - SPHINGIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
COLLECTING AND REARING TIPS
TOBACCO HORNWORM - (CAROLINA SPHINX) Manduca sexta
HORNWORMS
FOUR-HORNED SPHINX (ELM SPHINX) - Ceratomia amyntor
CATALPA SPHINX - Ceratomia catalpae
WAVED SPHINX - Ceratomia undulosa
TRUMPET VINE SPHINX (PLEBEIAN SPHINX) - Paratraea plebeja
PINE SPHINX - Lapara coniferarum
HORNWORMS
GREAT ASH SPHINX - Sphinx chersis
HERMIT SPHINX - Sphinx eremitus
APPLE SPHINX - Sphinx gordius
FAWN SPHINX - Sphinx kalmiae
HORNWORMS
TWIN-SPOTTED SPHINX - Smerinthus jamaicensis
BLINDED SPHINX - Paonias excaecatus
SMALL-EYED SPHINX - Paonias myops
WALNUT SPHINX - Amorpha juglandis (= Laothoe juglandis)
BIG POPLAR SPHINX - Pachysphinx modesta
ELLO SPHINX - Erinnyis ello
SNOWBERRY CLEARWING - Hemaris diffinis
HUMMINGBIRD CLEARWING - Hemaris thysbe
PANDORUS SPHINX - Eumorpha pandorus
ABBOTT’S SPHINX - Sphecodina abbottii
LETTERED SPHINX - Deidamia inscripta
NESSUS SPHINX - Amphion floridensis
HOG SPHINX (VIRGINIA CREEPER SPHINX) - Darapsa myron
GALIUM SPHINX (BEDSTRAW SPHINX) - Hyles gallii
WHITE-LINED SPHINX - Hyles lineata
HORNWORMS
HORNWORMS
PROMINENTS - NOTODONTIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
COLLECTING AND REARING TIPS
SIGMOID PROMINENT - Clostera albosigma
POPLAR TENTMAKER (ANGLE-LINED PROMINENT) - Clostera inclusa
BLACK-ETCHED PROMINENT - Cerura scitiscripta
WHITE FURCULA - Furcula borealis
GRAY FURCULA - Furcula cinerea
LINDEN PROMINENT - Ellida caniplaga
COMMON GLUPHISIA - Gluphisia septentrionis
GEORGIAN PROMINENT - Hyperaeschra georgica
WHITE-DOTTED PROMINENT - Nadata gibbosa
DOUBLE-TOOTHED PROMINENT - Nerice bidentata
NORTHERN FINNED PROMINENT - Notodonta simplaria
ELEGANT PROMINENT - Odontosia elegans
ANGULOSE PROMINENT - Peridea angulosa
FALSE-SPHINX (BLACK-RIMMED PROMINENT) - Pheosia rimosa
CONTRACTED DATANA - Datana contracta
WALNUT CATERPILLAR - Datana integerrima
YELLOW-NECKED CATERPILLAR - Datana ministra
DATANAS
MAJOR DATANA - Datana major
WAVY-LINED HETEROCAMPA - Heterocampa biundata
SADDLED PROMINENT (MAPLE PROMINENT) - Heterocampa guttivitta
OBLIQUE HETEROCAMPA - Heterocampa obliqua
WHITE-BLOTCHED HETEROCAMPA - Heterocampa umbrata
DOUBLE-LINED PROMINENT - Lochmaeus bilineata
VARIABLE OAKLEAF CATERPILLAR - Lochmaeus manteo
PINK PROMINENT - Hyparpax aurora
MOTTLED PROMINENT - Macrurocampa marthesia
DRAB PROMINENT - Misogada unicolor
LACE-CAPPED CATERPILLAR - (WHITE-STREAKED PROMINENT) Oligocentria lignicolor
RED-WASHED PROMINENT - Oligocentria semirufescens
CHESTNUT SCHIZURA - Schizura badia
RED-HUMPED CATERPILLAR - Schizura concinna
BLACK-BLOTCHED SCHIZURA - Schizura leptinoides
UNICORN CATERPILLAR - Schizura unicornis
CHECKERED-FRINGE PROMINENT - Schizura ipomoeae
BLACK-SPOTTED PROMINENT - Dasylophia anguina
GRAY-PATCHED PROMINENT - Dasylophia thyatiroides
RED-HUMPED OAKWORM - Symmerista canicosta
ORANGE-HUMPED MAPLEWORM - Symmerista leucitys
PROMINENTS
PROMINENTS
OWLETS, CUTWORMS, UNDERWINGS, AND KIN - NOCTUIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
COLLECTING AND REARING TIPS
Dagger Moths - Subfamily Acronictinae
WITCH HAZEL DAGGER MOTH Acronicta hamamelis (= Acronicta subochrea)
LONG-WINGED DAGGER MOTH Acronicta longa
AFFLICTED DAGGER MOTH - Acronicta afflicta
AMERICAN DAGGER MOTH - Acronicta americana
PADDLE CATERPILLAR (FUNERARY DAGGER MOTH) - Acronicta funeralis
GRAY DAGGER MOTH - Acronicta grisea
CHERRY DAGGER MOTH - (SPEARED DAGGER MOTH) Acronicta hasta
YELLOW-HAIRED DAGGER MOTH - Acronicta impleta
SOUTHERN OAK DAGGER MOTH - Acronicta increta
GREATER OAK DAGGER MOTH - (LOBELIA DAGGER MOTH) Acronicta lobeliae
OCHRE DAGGER MOTH - Acronicta morula
SMARTWEED CATERPILLAR - (SMEARED DAGGER MOTH) Acronicta oblinita
RADCLIFFE’S DAGGER MOTH - Acronicta radcliffei
DAGGERS
DAGGERS
HENRY’S MARSH MOTH - Simyra henrici
THE HEBREW - Polygrammate hebraeicum
HARRIS’ THREE-SPOT - Harrisimemna trisignata
THE BROTHER - Raphia frater
COMMON IDIA - Idia aemula
GLOSSY BLACK IDIA - Idia lubricalis
DARK-SPOTTED PALTHIS - Palthis angulalis
EARLY ZANCLOGNATHA - Zanclognatha cruralis
CURVE-LINED OWLET
SMALL NECKLACE MOTH - Hypsoropha hormos
LARGE NECKLACE MOTH - Hypsoropha monilis
RED-LINED PANOPODA - Panopoda rufimargo
COMMON OAK MOTH - Phoberia atomaris
HORRID ZALE Zale horrida
OKEFENOKEE ZALE Zale perculta
BROWN-SPOTTED ZALE - Zale helata
LUNATE ZALE - Zale lunata
WASHED-OUT ZALE - Zale metatoides
ZALES
LOCUST UNDERWING
FALSE UNDERWING - Allotria elonympha
MAPLE LOOPER - Parallelia bistriaris
CLOVER LOOPER - Caenurgina crassiuscula
GIRLFRIEND UNDERWING - Catocala amica
EPIONE UNDERWING - Catocala epione
ILIA UNDERWING - Catocala ilia
THE LITTLE WIFE - Catocala muliercula
WHITE UNDERWING - Catocala relicta
UNDERWINGS
ULTRONIA UNDERWING - Catocala ultronia
OTHER CATOCALINES
CANADIAN OWLET - Calyptra canadensis
FRUIT-PIERCING MOTHS
GREEN CLOVERWORM - Plathypena scabra
BALTIMORE BOMOLOCHA - Bomolocha baltimoralis
GRAY-EDGED BOMOLOCHA - Bomolocha madefactalis
DARK MARATHYSSA - Marathyssa inficita
LARGE PAECTES - Paectes abrostoloides
CABBAGE LOOPER - Trichoplusia ni
COMMON LOOPER
SOYBEAN LOOPER - Pseudoplusia includens
LOOPERS
GRAPEVINE EPIMENIS - Psychomorpha epimenis
EIGHT-SPOTTED FORESTER - Alypia octomaculata
BEAUTIFUL WOOD-NYMPH - Eudryas grata
OLIVE-SHADED BIRD-DROPPING MOTH - Tarachidia candefacta
TUFTED BIRD-DROPPING MOTH - Cerma cerintha
YELLOW-SPOTTED GRAYLET - Hyperstrotia flaviguttata
TOADFLAX BROCADE - Calophasia lunula
THE ASTEROID - Cucullia asteroides
BROWN-HOODED OWLET - Cucullia convexipennis
CUCULLIAS
COPPER UNDERWING - Amphipyra pyramidoides
ROLAND’S SALLOW - Psaphida rolandi
FAWN SALLOW - Psaphida styracis
MAJOR SALLOW - Feralia major
GOLD MOTH - Basilodes pepita
CORN EARWORM - Helicoverpa zea
TOBACCO BUDWORM - Heliothis virescens
PURPLE-LINED SALLOW - Pyrrhia exprimens
CLOUDED CRIMSON - Schinia gaurae
FLOWER MOTHS
CONVICT CATERPILLAR (SPANISH MOTH) - Xanthopastis regnatrix
STRAIGHT-TOOTHED SALLOW - Eupsilia vinulenta
ASHEN PINION - Lithophane antennata
NAMELESS PINION - Lithophane innominata
BRANDED PINION - Lithophane patefacta
SHIVERING PINION - Lithophane querquera
DOWDY PINION - Lithophane unimoda
PALE GREEN PINION - Lithophane viridipallens
HOLLY SALLOW - Metaxaglaea violacea
EYED MUSTARD SALLOW - Pyreferra citrombra
RED-WINGED SALLOW - Xystopeplus rufago
BLACK ARCHES - Melanchra assimilis
ZEBRA CATERPILLAR - Melanchra picta
STRIPED GARDEN CATERPILLAR - Trichordestra legitima
ARMYWORM - Mythimna unipuncta (= Pseudaletia unipuncta)
ALTERNATE WOODLING - Egira alternans
SPECKLED GREEN FRUITWORM - Orthosia hibisci
RUBY QUAKER - Orthosia rubescens
NORMAN’S QUAKER - Crocigrapha normani
INTRACTABLE QUAKER - Himella intractata
DISTINCT QUAKER - Achatia distincta
CONFUSED WOODGRAIN - Morrisonia confusa
FLUID ARCHES - Morrisonia latex (= Polia latex)
BRONZED CUTWORM - Nephelodes minians
SPOTTED PHOSPHILA - Phosphila miselioides
TURBULENT PHOSPHILA - Phosphila turbulenta
PINK-SHADED FERN MOTH - Callopistria mollissima
AMERICAN DUN-BAR - Cosmia calami
COMMON HYPPA - Hyppa xylinoides
VARIEGATED MIDGET - Elaphria versicolor
FALL ARMYWORM - Spodoptera frugiperda
YELLOW-STRIPED ARMYWORM - Spodoptera ornithogalli
VARIEGATED CUTWORM - Peridroma saucia
BLACK CUTWORM (IPSILON DART) - Agrotis ipsilon
LARGE YELLOW UNDERWING - Noctua pronuba
WHITE PINE CUTWORM - (NORTHERN VARIABLE DART) Xestia badicollis
DARTS AND CUTWORMS
PANTHEAS AND YELLOWHORNS - PANTHEIDAE
THE LAUGHER - Charadra deridens
CLOSE-BANDED YELLOWHORN - Colocasia propinquilinea
TUFTED SPRUCE CATERPILLAR (BLACK ZIGZAG) - Panthea acronyctoides
TUFTED WHITE PINE CATERPILLAR - (EASTERN PANTHEA) Panthea furcilla (= P. pallescens)
TUSSOCK CATERPILLARS - LYMANTRIIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
COLLECTING AND REARING TIPS
YELLOW-BASED TUSSOCK MOTH - Dasychira basiflava
STREAKED TUSSOCK MOTH - Dasychira obliquata
MANTO TUSSOCK MOTH - Dasychira manto
TEPHRA TUSSOCK MOTH - Dasychira tephra
RUSTY TUSSOCK MOTH - Orgyia antiqua
DEFINITE TUSSOCK MOTH - Orgyia definita
WHITE-MARKED TUSSOCK MOTH - Orgyia leucostigma
SATIN MOTH - Leucoma salicis
GYPSY MOTH - Lymantria dispar
BROWNTAIL MOTH - Euproctis chrysorrhoea
NOLIDS - NOLIDAE
CONFUSED MEGANOLA - Meganola minuscula
THREE-SPOTTED NOLA - Nola triquetrana
EYED BAILEYA - Baileya ophthalmica
TIGER, LICHEN, AND WASP MOTHS - ARCTIIDAE
RECOGNITION
LIFE HISTORY NOTES
COLLECTING AND REARING TIPS
SCARLET-WINGED LICHEN MOTH - Hypoprepia miniata
LICHEN MOTHS
LECONTE’S HAPLOA - Haploa lecontei
HAPLOAS
WOOLLY BEAR (ISABELLA TIGER MOTH) - Pyrrharctia isabella
ECHO MOTH - Seirarctia echo
SALT MARSH CATERPILLAR - Estigmene acrea
YELLOW BEAR (VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH) - Spilosoma virginica
FALL WEBWORM - Hyphantria cunea
GIANT LEOPARD MOTH - Hypercompe scribonia
GREAT TIGER MOTH - Arctia caja
ARGE MOTH - Grammia arge
VIRGIN TIGER MOTH - Grammia virgo
BANDED TUSSOCK MOTH - Halysidota tessellaris
HICKORY TUSSOCK MOTH - Lophocampa caryae
SPOTTED TUSSOCK MOTH - Lophocampa maculata
MILKWEED TUSSOCK CATERPILLAR - Euchaetes egle
FAITHFUL BEAUTY - Composia fidelissima
TIGER MOTHS
TIGER MOTHS
YELLOW-COLLARED SCAPE MOTH - Cisseps fulvicollis
VIRGINIA CTENUCHA - Ctenucha virginica
SPOTTED OLEANDER CATERPILLAR - Empyreuma affinis
OLEANDER CATERPILLAR - (POLKA-DOT WASP MOTH) Syntomeida epilais
MEXICAN JUMPING BEAN CATERPILLAR - TORTRICIDAE - Cydia deshaisiana
MESCAL, AGAVE, OR MAGUEY WORM - COSSIDAE - Comadia redtenbacheri
GLOSSARY
HELPFUL AND CITED LITERATURE
FOODPLANT INDEX
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