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Caterpillar ID please - Acronicta tota

Caterpillar ID please - Acronicta tota
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
April 14, 2015
Found on an urban nature trail near a creek

Moved

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Wonder if it is related to this one
which has been driving us crazy?

Any chance of raising it?
We keep thinking Agaristinae, maybe Androloma or Alypia, but then we keep stumbling!
Will keep trying...

 
Oh my!
Please remember to contact me if you ever find the answer. Even if it's 10 years from now. They're most certainly related. Maybe I should have attempted to raise it. I left it. It wasn't on a plant, and there were so many different plants nearby. I wasn't sure of the host. I'm not experienced, and didn't want to risk it. Someone in the entomology dept at UT guessed Lasiocampidae in case you have not gone down that road yet.

 
Will try to raise an adult!
This upcoming spring, hopefully I'll find one again on soapberry. Stay tuned!

 
Oooo! I’m on the edge of my
Oooo! I’m on the edge of my seat!!

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