Larva in Cochise County, Arizona

[Hank Brodkin]

Thanks everyone for all the info that zipped right back at me.
I'll check the sites and info suggestd.

Hank
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Worth" <rworth at oda.state.or.us>
To: "Hank Brodkin" <hbrodkin at earthlink.net>
Cc: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: Larva in Cochise County, Arizona


> Hank,
> Looks like possibly a Euchaetes (Arctiid).  The "look" is right and I 
> think all the Euchaetes eat milkweeds or apocynaceous plants. 
> Opler's new distribution manual of Arctiids for the West should have 
> distributions for western species.  Sorry, don't have my copy handy.
> Cheers,  Rich
> 
> >I found a handsome (moth?) larva this morning on Climbing Milkweed
> >(Sarcostemma cynanchoides) in my yard on Carr Canyon at the base of the
> >Huachucas.
> >Click on:
> >http://home.earthlink.net/~hbrodkin/index.html
> >
> >Any ideas on species?
> >
> >--------------------
> >Hank Brodkin
> >Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
> >hbrodkin at earthlink.net
> >SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association (SEABA)
> >http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html
> >"Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide"
> >by Bob Stewart, Priscilla Brodkin and Hank Brodkin
> >http://home.earthlink.net/~hbrodkin/book.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Richard A. Worth
> Oregon Department of Agriculture
> Plant Division
> rworth at oda.state.or.us
> (503) 986-6461


 
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