Very common in Maine!
Leo St Peter Arbor Technologies www.arbortechnologies.net The art of professional tree care driven by science! 40 Memory Lane South China, Me. 04358 207-877-4128 [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Frank Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 5:24 PM To: ENTS Google Subject: [ENTS] Catterpiller found at Cook Forest SP, PA ENTS, For those of you on the Seneca Trail and Mohawk Trail hike this past Saturday at Cook Forest, you might recall we found a yellow fuzzy caterpillar that was eating oak leaves on the top of the hill. Doug Bidlack, an etymologist, reports that it was an American Dagger Moth caterpillar (Acronicta americana). See the note below. "Oh, I call myself a scientist. I wear a white coat and probe a monkey every now and then, but if I put monetary gain ahead of preserving nature...I couldn't live with myself." - Professor Hubert Farnsworth ----- Original Message ----- From: doug bidlack <mailto:[email protected]> To: Edward Frank <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:13 PM Subject: Re: Catterpillers Ed, I checked this guy out and it looks like it's an American Dagger Moth caterpillar (Acronicta americana). It appears that it will happily feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees. It is in the very large Noctuidae family and not in the Lymantriidae family as I had guessed. This species is the largest of the Dagger Moths and they are quite common in the eastern US. Doug No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.5/2419 - Release Date: 10/07/09 05:18:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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