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Showy Emerald Moth - Dichorda iridaria - male
Copyright © 2011 Karl Hillig

Showy Emerald Moth - Dichorda iridaria - Male
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
July 17, 2011
Size: 28 mm wingspan
The caterpillar covered itself with a few leaf fragments on the bottom of the jar. It must have emerged from its cocoon yesterday or today.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 17 July, 2011 - 10:11am
Last updated 24 July, 2021 - 11:47pm

very nice
Carl. tyfs
… Edna Woodward, 17 July, 2011 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
I put it back on the P.I. vine where I found the caterpillar. A couple weeks ago I saw another Showy Emerald caterpillar on the same vine. Looks like we can add Toxicodendron radicans var. negundo as one of its larval food plants :^)
… Karl Hillig, 18 July, 2011 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

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