Caterpillars were found on Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) on 9/16/2012 and were kept in a 1 gallon plastic container with holes drilled in the top. I added 1 inch of potting soil and fresh Pokeweed leaves. This container was kept in my office which has a constant temperature of around 70 degrees. 9/19/2012Â The … Continue reading Disclisioprocta stellata – Somber Carpet Moth
* This means that Life cycle information is now on the BugGuide ‘Info’ page for this species. Family Acrolepiidae Acrolepiopsis heppneri * Acrolepiopsis heppneri * Acrolepiopsis incertella * Family Batrachedridae Homaledra sabalella – Palm Leaf Skeletonizer * Family Bedelliidae Bedellia somnulentella * Family Bombycidae – Silkworm Moths Apatelodes torrefacta – Spotted Apatelodes * Apatelodes torrefacta … Continue reading Lepidoptera – Moths
First instar caterpillar collected on Pussy Willow – 6/29/2009 7/14/2009 Pupa 7/23/2009 8/1/2009 – adult eclosed Betsy Higgins Western Massachusetts edited by Marcie O’Connor
Tim Eisele lives on 9 acres on the Keeweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan. He working on a project to photograph all the arthropods that he and his family find in their house and yard, and to learn and write about them in his blog. Forficula auricularia – European Earwig Lymantria dispar – Gypsy Moth Macrocentrus … Continue reading A New Contributor – Tim Eisele
Forficula auricularia – European Earwig Lymantria dispar – Gypsy Moth Macrocentrus sp. – Braconid Wasp parasitoid Malachius aeneus – Scarlet Malachite Beetle Peridroma saucia – Pearly Underwing Phyllonorycter apparella – Aspen Leaf Blotch Miner Moth Tenodera aridifolia – Chinese Mantid
I’ve not had good luck rearing sphinx moths even though I keep trying (and they are some of my favorites, both larvae and adults). Marcie has a friend Ian, who rears a lot of them and he told both of us how to do it. Well, his way, although very successful, was too complicated for … Continue reading Lettered Sphinx, Deidamia inscripta
Abagrotis alternata – Greater Red Dart Abia – Cimbicid Sawfly Acanalonia conica – Planthopper Acrolepiopsis heppneri Adelphocoris lineolatus – Alfalfa Plant Bug Anacampsis – Twirler Moth Coleophora cornella – Casebearer Moth Cotesia – Braconid Wasp Eupithecia miserulata – Common Eupithecia Gilpinia hercyniae – European Spruce Sawfly Hemerobius humulinus – Brown Lacewing Hyposoter – Ichneumon Wasp … Continue reading Life Cycles by Ilona Loser
Acronicta dactylina – Fingered Dagger Moth Acronicta hasta – Speared Dagger Moth Acronicta impleta – Yellow-haired Dagger Moth Acronicta impressa – Impressed Dagger Moth Acronicta lepusculina – Cottonwood Dagger Moth larva larva Acronicta noctivaga – Night-wandering Dagger Acronicta vulpina – Miller Dagger Aglais milberti – Milbert’s Tortoiseshell Amphipyra pyramidoides – Copper Underwing Anaplectoides prasina – … Continue reading Life Cycles by Janice Stiefel