Caterpillar ID, in Virginia, on Meadow Rue

[David Hamilton Cox]

 OscarTheGroutch asked for the id of the caterpillar pictures I
posted. It is the Canadian Owlet moth, Calyptris canadensis. I
thought it had been posted to the group but I guess the replies
were to me. I see this moth in the newly re-issued "Moths of
Eastern North America" by Charles V. Covell, Jr. which I bought
last year. It should would be nice to have an index of the food
plants listed in that book. 

 Here's another picture of a moth, this time the adult. I have no
idea what it is but haven't really investiaged it yet.

http://www.nyx.net/~dhcox/park/new/moth2.jpg

-David Cox

 
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