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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Spilosomina » Spilosoma » Dubious Tiger Moth - Hodges#8136 (Spilosoma dubia)
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Boreal caterpillar - Spilosoma dubia
Copyright © 2013 DeeDee

Boreal caterpillar - Spilosoma dubia
near Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada
July 27, 2013
I've looked through what books I have but have not come up with an identification. Does this look familiar to anyone? Thanks.
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Contributed by DeeDee on 7 August, 2013 - 10:07pm
Last updated 26 October, 2018 - 9:47am

Moved
Moved from Tiger Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 26 October, 2018 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

We have no objection to the move,
but we don't have enough knowledge to confirm the ID, sorry :(
… john and jane balaban, 9 February, 2015 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
No worries
In the interest of confirmed identification, I'll leave it where it is. I'll poke around and see if I can come up with more info or find someone who can identify it with certainty!
… DeeDee, 9 February, 2015 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

Spilosoma dubia?
I did find the photo in Wagner, just an hour ago, thanks for the reminder. The pattern looks good to me. Setae must be variable in colour. Any objections to my moving this?
… DeeDee, 8 February, 2015 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

There is another image of dubia
in Wagner's Eastern Caterpillars, pg 478
… john and jane balaban, 8 February, 2015 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

What about Dubious Tiger Moth (Spilosoma dubia)?
I found just one photo of the caterpillar online (MPG) - think it could be a match?
… DeeDee, 8 February, 2015 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

caterpillar
The ascending length of the setae to the rear of the caterpillar doesn't seem right for Haploa, and the setae look genereally too full and long. I'll have to revisit the site and look for other caterpillars and hopefully find the adults, too.
… DeeDee, 8 February, 2015 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 24 September, 2013 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

Looks like it might be
one of the Haploa. Do you have a dorsal shot you can add?
… john and jane balaban, 7 August, 2013 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Possible Haploa
I am afraid not. It was on the move at a fast clip and it got away from me before I was ready to click the shutter.
… DeeDee, 7 August, 2013 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

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