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Hemileuca burnsi - Hodges#7737 (Hemileuca burnsi)
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Copyright © 2009
Joyce Gross
caterpillar from southern CA desert -
Hemileuca burnsi
bottom of Short Canyon, Owen's Peak watershed, Kern County, California, USA
March 27, 2008
There were lots of these on Indigo Bush,
Psorothamnus arborescens
.
Close-up of a different one here:
Images of this individual:
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Contributed by
Joyce Gross
on 11 January, 2009 - 5:12pm
Last updated 12 January, 2009 - 3:11pm
Moved
Moved from
Hemileuca
.
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Joyce Gross
, 12 January, 2009 - 3:11pm
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Looks to be Hemileuca
Ryan may be able to say which one.
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john and jane balaban
, 11 January, 2009 - 8:51pm
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Hemileuca burnsi
This is Hemileuca burnsi, which feeds on indigo bush.
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Ryan St Laurent
, 12 January, 2009 - 3:04pm
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thanks Ryan!
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Joyce Gross
, 12 January, 2009 - 3:13pm
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good
Thanks J & J -- that agrees with my own shaky guess as to genus... According to the
CA Moth Specimen Database
there are 8
Hemileuca
in CA, 3 of them in Kern County.
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Joyce Gross
, 11 January, 2009 - 9:28pm
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