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MothConsularOakworm_Anisota_consularis_1179 - Anisota consularis - female

MothConsularOakworm_Anisota_consularis_1179 - Anisota consularis - Female
Yamato Scrub Preserve, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
July 13, 2014
ID help please! Thanks

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MothConsularOakworm_Anisota_consularis_1179 - Anisota consularis - female MothSpinyOakworm_Anisota_stigma_1179 - Anisota consularis

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The following comment is copied from my comment on your other recently submitted Ansiota female, with edits:

I believe this female Anisota and the one here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/968555/bgimage
are the first verifiable examples of A. consularis adults on BugGuide for a few reasons.

Primarily, this larva: http://bugguide.net/node/view/968569/bgimage
was found in the same preserve some days before the other individual and about 11 days after this female (which is pictured with her "clutch" of ova, which were near hatching). Assuming that this earlier female was not the earliest of her brood, and that the extreme summer heat of South Florida allowed for quick development of the larvae, it is feasible that adults and larvae could potentially be seen at the same time.

Now, usually this is not common with Anisota sp., particularly farther north, to see adults and late instar larvae at the same time, but I don't see any reason why it can be ruled out, especially considering that these two females were found over the course of two weeks.

These females are not A. virginiensis due to heavy speckling, nor are they A. senatoria/peigleri because as far as I know, these are not found in extreme southern FL. I also do no think these are A. stigma because according to Tuskes et al, A. stigma does not reach Palm Beach Co. Therefore, this only leads A. consularis.

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