[Ctleps-l] Hackberry Emperor Caterpillars

[Cin and Bill kobak]

>From Cindi Kobak

6/3 - North Guilford - Dozens of tawny emperor cats on our hackberry tree,
mostly solo on leaves, many large enough to pupate soon. Had first seen them
on 5/13, when cats were small (overwintered) and hackberry leaves were tiny.

 

Also have photos.

 

Cindi

 

From: ctleps-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu
[mailto:ctleps-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Hank Golet
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:41 PM
To: Butterfly Posting
Subject: [Ctleps-l] Hackberry Emperor Caterpillars

 

>From Hank Golet 

6/3 Old Lyme, Hackberry trees in my yard are leafed out.  Without looking
very long I found 7 Emperor cats while turning over some of the eaten
leaves. One leaf had two with the rest solo. 

 Also found a different caterpillar that I didn't ID.

 

Pictures on request.

 

Hank 

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