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Stumped - Tyria jacobaeae
Copyright © 2008 Joan Eyre White-Spunner

Stumped - Tyria jacobaeae
Cape Breton, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 2, 2008
I thought I knew my caterpillars but this one has me stumped. I'm guessing it's a moth, maybe a grapeleaf variety. But as my daddy used to tell me, "When you don't know, you just don't know." Somebody help rectify this. Thanks
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 11 August, 2008 - 7:24am
Last updated 25 March, 2009 - 6:13pm

Looks like grapeleaf skeletonizer
I think you're right. Harrisina america looks pretty much the same.
The plant looks wrong (should be grape or virginia creeper) but maybe it is looking for a place to pupate.
… Mark Fox, 11 August, 2008 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

 
What about
Tyria jacobaeae - Cinnabar Moth in the guide here? But we thought this was a northern fella. Was this really in Alabama?
… john and jane balaban, 12 August, 2008 - 1:11am login or register to post comments

 
Nova Scotia
I thought my friend found it in Mobile, Alabama. She saw it in Cape Breton, Novia Scotia. I edited to reflect location. No wonder I could not find it in Wagner's "Caterpillars of Eastern North America."
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 12 August, 2008 - 7:07am login or register to post comments

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