Please help identify this moth larva
DR. JAMES ADAMS
jadams at Carpet.dalton.peachnet.edu
Mon Feb 1 10:17:45 EST 1999
Dear Listers,
> >It is a fast moving caterpillar.
>
> Then I'll bet it's going to be an arctiid - don't even need to see the
> photo to wager money on that one. If there's oleander in the area, I'd put
> a side wager on it being Syntomeida epilais. I can't recall what Didasys
> belae or Empyreuma eat, though. There's a few nice arctiids down
> thereabouts. James?
Well, I tried accessing the image and couldn't. If the caterpillar
is bright yellowish-orange with black hairy tufts, it's Syntomeida
epilais. If it is bright yellowish-orange with yellowish-orange
tufts, then its Empyreuma affinis. If it is neither of these, then I
need a description to work with.
James
Dr. James K. Adams
Dept. of Natural Science and Math
Dalton State College
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