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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Melitaeini » Checkerspots (Euphydryas) » Chalcedon Checkerspot - Hodges#4517 (Euphydryas chalcedona) » Euphydryas chalcedona chalcedona
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Caterpillar on Pedicularis densiflora (Indian Warrior) - Euphydryas chalcedona
Copyright © 2008 Richard Wasson

Caterpillar on Pedicularis densiflora (Indian Warrior) - Euphydryas chalcedona
Glen Ellen at Bouverie Perserve, Sonoma County, California, USA
March 20, 2008
Size: 10mm +/-
Found this and many others of the same sp. on Indian Warrior.

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Caterpillar on Pedicularis densiflora (Indian Warrior) - Euphydryas chalcedona Caterpillar on Pedicularis densiflora (Indian Warrior) - Euphydryas chalcedona Caterpillar on Pedicularis densiflora (Indian Warrior) - Euphydryas chalcedona Caterpillar on Pedicularis densiflora (Indian Warrior) - Euphydryas chalcedona - female
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Contributed by Richard Wasson on 20 March, 2008 - 8:08pm
Last updated 26 November, 2008 - 1:14am

Moved
Moved from Chalcedon Checkerspot.
… David J. Ferguson, 26 November, 2008 - 1:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Variable Checkerspot.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 November, 2008 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc..
… David J. Ferguson, 10 November, 2008 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Euphydryas chalcedona
I what it turns out to be.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 November, 2008 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 April, 2008 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be one of the Checkerspots
in the genus Chlosyne, see here, but we're still waiting for one of the butterfly experts to sort these out for us here.
We searched on the Caterpillar hostplant database for Nymphalids on Pedicularis and this was the result, if that helps.
… john and jane balaban, 20 March, 2008 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Checkerspots
Thanks for the help in ID-ing these caterpillars. We have a lot of Checkerspots butterflies at the preserve so this would fit.

Thanks Richard
… Richard Wasson, 21 March, 2008 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

 
Is it one of the Euphydryas?
Do you know which one? It would be nice to get these ID'd to species.
… john and jane balaban, 21 March, 2008 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

 
Checkerspot Caterpillar
We have at least three different Checkerspots butterflies that I know of in the Glen Ellen area. They are the Northern Checkersopt (Chlosyne palla), Leanira Checkerspot (Thessalia leanira) and Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona). I will keep an eye this group of caterpillar and when one of them makes a pupa I will bring it back to the hall and let it emerge.

Richard
… Richard Wasson, 22 March, 2008 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

 
maybe
Off the top of my head, I'd say it's a Chlosyne or Thessalia (hostplant argues for leanira), but it will be interesting to learn for sure.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 March, 2008 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

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