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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Alsophilini » Alsophila » Fall Cankerworm - Hodges#6258 (Alsophila pometaria)
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Lep larva on Shingle Oak, dorsal - Alsophila pometaria
Copyright © 2022 MJ Hatfield

Lep larva on Shingle Oak, dorsal - Alsophila pometaria
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
May 20, 2021
JD Thompson (RIP) emailed that he found an oak covered with galls and I had a chance to visit
May 13, 2021: collected these branch galls on Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.


Oh my, was there a lot of other life on this oak including this larva. Unfortunately I was not able to rear it.

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Lep larva on Shingle Oak, dorsal - Alsophila pometaria Lep larva on Shingle Oak, lateral - Alsophila pometaria
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 6 January, 2022 - 8:14pm
Last updated 6 January, 2022 - 9:22pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… MJ Hatfield, 6 January, 2022 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

With that additional pair of small prolegs
on A5 we would think Alsophila pometaria
… john and jane balaban, 6 January, 2022 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Good job.
What a variable larva.
Thank you.
… MJ Hatfield, 6 January, 2022 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

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