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Haploa moth caterpillar - Haploa reversa

Haploa moth caterpillar - Haploa reversa
DuPage County, Illinois, USA
May 20, 2005
Size: 70 mm
The orange stripes really stood out on this puppy.

Moved

the orange dorsal strip makes
the orange dorsal strip makes more sense for H. reversa - confusa is yellow in this respect. The H. reversa in Wagner looks a little odd, it is either pre-pupal or mid-instar, but other images of reversa larvae match the one illustrated here quite well.

H. confusa ?
Looks like Wagner's (1)image of confusa on page 461

Haploa?
These always strike us as being possibly Haploa, but images are hard to come by for comparison. Check here and see what you think.

 
Hmm, could be.. I do see Hapl
Hmm, could be.. I do see Haploa in these fields later in the season. Found these pics: http://booksandnature.homestead.com/moth61.html and
http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/lyhap.html

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