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the gem caterpillar - Glena
Copyright © 2019 ophis

the gem caterpillar - Glena
West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
August 15, 2018
Size: 31 mm
Beaten from shrub in backyard, oak woods N of Muddy Cove, Tisbury Great Pond. Larger image.

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Contributed by ophis on 4 January, 2019 - 9:14am
Last updated 27 December, 2019 - 11:59am

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Moved from The Gem.
… ophis, 27 December, 2019 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

Reared?
Was this reared to an adult? Orthonama obstipata feeds on herbaceous plants at ground level and in every image I have seen has white pinacula and a white line down the anal proleg. This looks more like Glena cognataria or Glena cribrataria.
… George Smiley, 18 December, 2019 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

 
re: reared?
I didn't rear it. Looks much like BugGuide images of dotted gray, C. cribrataria, but C. cognataria also recorded on Martha's Vineyard (Keith and Spongberg, 2008)
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