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Mourning Cloak Caterpillar? - No, rather - Hemileuca maia
Copyright © 2006 Frank Dutton

Mourning Cloak Caterpillar? - No, rather - Hemileuca maia
Many, Toledo Bend Lake Area - Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA
May 13, 2006

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Contributed by Frank Dutton on 19 June, 2006 - 4:13am
Last updated 20 June, 2006 - 8:59am

Hannah, help us out here,
but we want to say Hemileuca maia!
… john and jane balaban, 20 June, 2006 - 1:31am login or register to post comments

 
I agree
Not mourning cloak, certainly - the spines are wrong and it doesn't have the red blotches along the back.

Thorax and abdomen densely flecked with white dots (1) - check. Not in the range for Hemileuca nevadensis or H.lucina, I think. I'll go along with H. maia for the ID. I'm flattered you defer to me since I think you guys are really stronger than me on the caterpillars.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 20 June, 2006 - 7:54am login or register to post comments

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