I too found one on my truck when I got home from the transfer station in Southwick,MA. Its the first time I saw one. Sam
________________________________ From: Gary A. Beluzo <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, October 7, 2009 5:44:17 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Catterpiller found at Cook Forest SP, PA Coincidentally, my students found the same caterpillar two days ago out at Knightville Basin in Huntington, MA. The closed gentian out there is fantastic! Gary On Oct 7, 2009, at 5:24 PM, Edward Frank wrote: 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. > ><DSCN1412b.JPG> > > >"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 >To: Edward Frank >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 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
