Sunday, November 14, 2010

Lost Larvae

As I match larvae and moths / butterflies, I have photographs of seven species for which I cannot find photographs of the larvae on the Internet. Perhaps one of you knows where a photo exists and could leave a comment and let me know. Thank you!

Name My Photo

White-spotted Sable Moth
(Anania funebris)

White-spotted Sable Moth (Anania funebris) - 4

Large Maple Spanworm Moth
(Prochoerodes lineola)

Large Maple Spanworm Moth (Prochoerodes lineola) - 31

Common Ringlet Butterfly
(Coenonympha tullia)

Common Ringlet Butterfly (13)

Bristly Cutworm Moth
(Lacinipolia renigera)

Bristly Cutworm Moth  4

Modest Sphinx Moth
(Pachysphinx modesta)

Modest Sphinx moth (3)

Unmarked Dagger Moth
(Acronicta innotata)

Unmarked Dagger Moth (6)

Dark Marbled Carpet Moth
(Dysstroma citrata)

Dark Marbled Carpet Geometer Moth (3)




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2 comments:

  1. Is this a modest sphinx moth larva?
    http://bugguide.net/node/view/41358/bgimage

    Bristly Cutworm:
    http://www.insectsofalberta.com/bristlycutworm.htm

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  2. They are! Thank you so much, Pete. (I can't e-mail you so I hope you see this.) I don't know why I never saw the modest sphinx larva before. I know I looked at least twice at bugguide for it. And I never googled bristly cutworm because I had googled a couple of other lost larva and never found a thing. I gave up too early.

    Thank you for your work!

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