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Buck Moth - Hodges#7730 (Hemileuca maia)
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Copyright © 2007
David
Hemileuca (Buck Moth) Catapillar? -
Hemileuca maia
Ruther Glen, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
June 13, 2007
Size: 2"
I could hear him chewing and crunching down on a dead oak leaf from 20 yards away
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Contributed by
David
on 15 June, 2007 - 8:15am
Last updated 15 June, 2007 - 4:05pm
Check out the caterpillars
in the genus Hemileuca
here
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john and jane balaban
, 15 June, 2007 - 8:52am
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Yes
I noticed that it had a lot of similarities to the Buck Moth Catapillar and that whole genus of Moths, but is there a way to nail it down to a species from this photo?
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David
, 15 June, 2007 - 12:14pm
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Reading Wagner, pg 239
We would say Hemileuca maia, and we'll move it there.
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john and jane balaban
, 15 June, 2007 - 4:05pm
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