Monday, April 2, 2012

Caterpillar ID request

 

Carolyn from Blanco area emailed me this image and asked if I could ID it. I think it's some species of Hemileuca, possibly Hemileuca burnsi but probably not because we're not within its range. However, Carolyn's caterpillar is very similar to these I've found around our house, Grote's buck moth (Hemileuca grotei). Here's an image of the adult moth. Their common food plants are oak flowers.

Hemileuca grotei
Hemileuca grotei
Hemileuca grotei

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