Luna Moth larvae

[evoluhol at magnum.wpe.com]

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<8DD0880D6C19D111B6DA00805FFE8CC805B555 at S2-FRE-R1.FCMR.FORESTRY.CA>,
tthomas at S0-OTT-XBH1.NRCan.gc.ca wrote:

> TO: Members of the Lepidopterists' Society
>
>         In a recent news of the Lep. Society (Vol 39, Number 4, Autumn
> 1997) Valerie A. Passoa criticized a photo' of a Luna Moth caterpillar
> taken by Carter Bays - asserting that the larva was upside down and that
> luna larvae do not rest in that position (i.e., with their head up).

Though 10 in a sleeve may constitute abnormality, I raise several hundred
luna a year in big screened bags on my hickory trees here in central New
York and never noted any preference for position in resting other than not
on the top side of a leaf.

Dave