Azalea Caterpillar Moth - Hodges #7905 - Datana major Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA August 13, 2008
WHEREAS my Datana specimen is nearly nearly identical to D. major, D. ministra, D. drexelii and D. integerrima; WHEREAS my yard is full of azaleas which have been nearly striped by D. major caterpillars;I must conclude that my specimen is a D. major moth.
This sounds logical, but how can someone make a positive ID without knowing the background information? Also, there is a gapping hole in my logic - I have not excluded the possibility that there are other Datanas on my property.
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 15 November, 2008 - 2:47pm Last updated 19 December, 2009 - 10:40am |