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Anisota consularis - Hodges#7718 (Anisota consularis)
Photo#968555
Copyright © 2014
Rich
MothConsularOakworm_Anisota_consularis_1179 -
Anisota consularis
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Yamato Scrub Preserve, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
July 13, 2014
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Contributed by
Rich
on 31 July, 2014 - 2:15pm
Last updated 1 August, 2014 - 3:03pm
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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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Ryan St Laurent
, 31 July, 2014 - 3:52pm
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