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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Hooktip and False Owlet Moths (Drepanoidea) » Hooktip and False Owlet Moths (Drepanidae) » Hooktip Moths (Drepaninae) » Oreta » Rose Hooktip - Hodges#6255 (Oreta rosea)
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Rose Hooktip Caterpillar? - Oreta rosea
Copyright © 2006 Tom Bentley

Rose Hooktip Caterpillar? - Oreta rosea
Reed turner woodland, Lake County, Illinois, USA
August 17, 2006
Size: ~4cms
After looking in Wagner I was thinking Rose Hooktip (Oreta rosea) but still not sure.
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 17 August, 2006 - 8:15pm
Last updated 17 August, 2006 - 9:51pm

You are finding the wildest things up there.
We're gonna have to ask Barbara Turner what she's feeding things there!
We would definitely agree with your ID. Wagner's description on page 139 is a perfect description of your beauty!
… john and jane balaban, 17 August, 2006 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

 
I am lucky and work 5 mins fr
I am lucky and work 5 mins from the preserve, so I shoot there every lunch and after work often. I am doing my best to shoot everything I can. Lots to still see!
… Tom Bentley, 18 August, 2006 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

 
We've just started to try to do the same thing
at Harms Woods, south of you, where we work with the North Branch Restoration Project. It's amazing what we're seeing that we never saw before -- because we weren't looking! It took quite a while over the years to learn all the plants, but that was easy compared to this. We're beginning to think that the number of insect species is actually infinite!!
… john and jane balaban, 18 August, 2006 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

 
I had found a earlier instar
I had found a earlier instar of this species a few weeks ago and so I was thrown for a second on this one. The two are a little different looking especially the color and size. Plus the side angle vs top down view. Here is the earlier one:

… Tom Bentley, 17 August, 2006 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

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