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Img 2804 haiey caterpillers - Gloveria sphingiformis

Img 2804 haiey caterpillers - Gloveria sphingiformis
Bandera County, Texas, USA
April 28, 2017
These are very tiny!

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Tentative, but the reasoning is sound. We'll go with it.

 
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I have reared this species and you are correct.

 
Ann, what do you think of this image

Don't know what they would be doing on spruce. Maybe we should be looking at Panthea or some such?

 
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These do not look the same to me and I know nothing about Pantheas.

Not much information on the host for most of the Gloverias. Hopefully Dave Wagner's new book will shed some light on that. I have no idea what the caterpillars should look like for the far West Gloverias.

Looks like Gloveria sp.
I wonder if it might be Gloveria sphingiformis.
Gloveria gargamelle is a summer moth with eggs hatching in late summer. By April, when this image was taken, the larvae are huge, 50-70 mm. The G. sphingiformis moth images on BugGuide were photographed in April. Also G. sphingiformis is a smaller moth with presumably smaller eggs and hatchlings. I wouldn't characterize G. gargamelle hatchlings as very tiny, but of course tiny is relative. When in doubt, rear it out.

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Moved from ID Request.

Might it be one of the Gloveria?

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