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ID Please - Dryocampa rubicunda
Copyright © 2009 Slovak

ID Please - Dryocampa rubicunda
Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 13, 2009

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ID Please - Dryocampa rubicunda ID Please - Dryocampa rubicunda ID Please - Dryocampa rubicunda
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Contributed by Slovak on 17 August, 2009 - 2:12pm
Last updated 6 November, 2009 - 9:28pm

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… v belov, 18 September, 2009 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

Thanks for the ID
Thanks guys, we found this one near the river at the Middlefield Keystone Arches. We let it go when we had our photographs :) Love the colors!
… Slovak, 18 August, 2009 - 5:57am login or register to post comments

Green-striped mapleworm
I think this is an early instar of Dryocampa rubicunda, based on Wagner's guide to eastern caterpillars.

It has some key traits already (Orange head, blue-green stripes, black knobs and spines. Spines longest behind head, and on sides below spiracles.) and I expect if you feed it it should grow into the more characteristic size and appearance.
… Mark Fox, 17 August, 2009 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

 
yes but...
I'm pretty sure this is the final instar. I'm guessing it was found when it was looking for a place to pupate. All the D. rubicunda larvae that I've found are about this size when full grown, it's a fairly small species.
… Ryan, 17 August, 2009 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

 
You're probably right.
I haven't found it before as a larva, but Wagner says "to 5cm", and this didn't look quite that big to me. I'm not the best estimator of size.

I was also trying to figure out why the stripes and horns don't look very pronounced, but perhaps being pre-pupal could be the reason.
… Mark Fox, 17 August, 2009 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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