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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Buck and Io Moths (Hemileucinae) » Hemileucini » Hemileuca » Buck Moth - Hodges#7730 (Hemileuca maia)
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Unknown Caterpillar - Hemileuca maia
Copyright © 2010 Gerry Bunker

Unknown Caterpillar - Hemileuca maia
Miles Standish State Forest, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
July 28, 2008
Was feeding on a form of scrub oak leaves.

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Unknown Caterpillar - Hemileuca maia Unknown Caterpillar - Hemileuca maia
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Contributed by Gerry Bunker on 4 March, 2010 - 12:59pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Gerry Bunker, 4 March, 2010 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

Chris is absolutely right.
Dang! Not even close on that one.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 March, 2010 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Hemileuca maia
Thanks men. I just looked at the adults, this is a pretty impressive moth.
… Gerry Bunker, 4 March, 2010 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

No,
This is Hemileuca maia (Saturniidae)
… Chris Grinter, 4 March, 2010 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

Something in
Nymphalinae would be my guess, but I'm not finding a really close match.

Perhaps others will have more luck (or a different suggestion altogether).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 March, 2010 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

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