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Img 2804 haiey caterpillers - Gloveria sphingiformis
Copyright © 2017 Merry Langlinais

Img 2804 haiey caterpillers - Gloveria sphingiformis
Bandera County, Texas, USA
April 28, 2017
These are very tiny!
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Contributed by Merry Langlinais on 28 April, 2017 - 10:51pm
Last updated 26 October, 2017 - 2:55pm

Moved
Tentative, but the reasoning is sound. We'll go with it.
… john and jane balaban, 26 October, 2017 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
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I have reared this species and you are correct.
… A. Hendrickson, 7 October, 2018 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Ann, what do you think of this image

Don't know what they would be doing on spruce. Maybe we should be looking at Panthea or some such?
… john and jane balaban, 8 October, 2018 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

 
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These do not look the same to me and I know nothing about Pantheas.

Not much information on the host for most of the Gloverias. Hopefully Dave Wagner's new book will shed some light on that. I have no idea what the caterpillars should look like for the far West Gloverias.
… A. Hendrickson, 8 October, 2018 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

Looks like Gloveria sp.
I wonder if it might be Gloveria sphingiformis.
Gloveria gargamelle is a summer moth with eggs hatching in late summer. By April, when this image was taken, the larvae are huge, 50-70 mm. The G. sphingiformis moth images on BugGuide were photographed in April. Also G. sphingiformis is a smaller moth with presumably smaller eggs and hatchlings. I wouldn't characterize G. gargamelle hatchlings as very tiny, but of course tiny is relative. When in doubt, rear it out.
… cwmelton, 26 October, 2017 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kyhl Austin, 7 May, 2017 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

Might it be one of the Gloveria?
… john and jane balaban, 30 April, 2017 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

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