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Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Hera Buckmoth - Hemileuca hera

near Hallelulah Junction, Lassen County, California, USA
June 25, 2006

Found this large caterpillar eating sage. Saw another one eating sulphur buckwheat.

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Contributed by tom murray on 6 July, 2006 - 8:47pm
Last updated 31 March, 2007 - 10:43pm

Thanks Tom. You are right thi

Thanks Tom. You are right this is a buck moth. I also saw some weeks later on and eating sulphur buckwheat.

… Peggy, 5 October, 2008 - 4:39pm

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Bobby, you're right

I just checked all the buckmoths in the U.S. here, and only the Hera fit the distribution map, and the host plant. Here's the page for Hera Buckmoth.

… tom murray, 31 March, 2007 - 10:36pm

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I'm glad you did some researc

I'm glad you did some research on this one. These caterpillars are quite variable, but the stripe-like markings on this one are quite different from those on any image I have seen from H. lucina.

… Bobby Grizzard, 31 March, 2007 - 11:25pm

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I did not know that these wer

I did not know that these were found so far west...

… Bobby Grizzard, 31 March, 2007 - 8:45pm

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Hostplant

Great Basin Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)

… Chuck Entz, 8 July, 2006 - 2:04am

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Chuck, Thanks

for the full name of the hostplant.

… tom murray, 8 July, 2006 - 7:13am

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