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Sagebrush Checkerspot - Hemileuca burnsi
Copyright © 2015 john hibbard

Sagebrush Checkerspot - Hemileuca burnsi
Cottonwood Canyon, Death Valley County, California, USA
March 24, 2015
Size: 4 cm.
Plant does not seem one of the usually cited hosts for this species, If I am correct.
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Contributed by john hibbard on 27 March, 2015 - 9:09pm
Last updated 21 January, 2018 - 4:43pm

Hemileuca burnsi
I wouldn't have paid it a second look, if not for the food plant (and it does appear to be eating it). These do look a lot alike Chlosyne caterpillas.

A few good clues - mature caterpillar in early spring; feeding on Psorothamnus; no mid-dorsal row of spines down the back (have to look close); and spines on the thorax are longest. I'm guessing this was a bit larger than any Chlosyne caterpillar as well.

Moved from Sagebrush Checkerspot.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 January, 2018 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

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