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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Eupitheciini » Eupithecia » Common Eupithecia - Hodges#7474 (Eupithecia miserulata)
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Caterpillar on Black Eyed Susan for ID - Eupithecia miserulata
Copyright © 2010 Carol Senske

Caterpillar on Black Eyed Susan for ID - Eupithecia miserulata
Green Lane, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 2, 2010
Size: Apprx 1"
I've checked my Peterson First Guides-Caterpillars, butterfly guide, and BG (Moths » Geometroidea » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Eupitheciini » Eupithecia???)- can't ID for certain but this looks pretty good. 83 deg. F, sunny, no breeze.

Can anyone recommend a simple yet really good caterpillar guide?
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Contributed by Carol Senske on 5 August, 2010 - 10:40pm
Last updated 11 August, 2010 - 10:51am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Carol Senske, 11 August, 2010 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

Perhaps Common Pug
It looks like a Common Pug (Eupithecia miserulata). Wagner states that the Common Pug accounts for more than 90% of the Eupithecia caterpillars that he finds.
… Kelly Fiegle, 6 August, 2010 - 5:52am login or register to post comments

Caterpillar Book
Check out Princeton Field Guides Caterpillars of Eastern North America by David L. Wagner. It's 500 pages, pretty much one caterpillar per page, with a large photo of the caterpillar and a smaller pic of the moth or butterfly it will become, and written text describing recognition, occurrence, common foodplants, and other notable info. You won't be disappointed!
… Kelly Fiegle, 6 August, 2010 - 5:48am login or register to post comments

 
Recommended book
This already paid for itself! I've ID'd more than 6 caterpillars.
… Carol Senske, 21 August, 2010 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Rec'd my book!
It is GREAT, thanks for recommending it.
… Carol Senske, 11 August, 2010 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

 
Awesome book!
Just checked it out and its perfect for me - buying it today and many thanks for the ID. A thought occurred to me that buying Field Guides and putting them on Kindle or Nook to take in the field might be the "future" way to go. I don't own either one yet, but that would lighten the load.

Has anyone tried this?
… Carol Senske, 6 August, 2010 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

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