Salt Marsh Moth Caterpillar
Estigmene acrea
41.9073, -73.47
Field Notes
Description:
Very hairy orange-tan caterpillar with long, soft setae projecting from its body. Its face was mostly black. These caterpillars are highly variable in color.
Habitat:
Spotted on the side of a hiking trail in a wet mixed, but mostly deciduous forest.
Notes:
Larvae feed on a huge variety of weedy plants, including ground cherry, milkweed, dog fennel, and mallow, in addition to crops and trees such as alfalfa, asparagus, bean, beet, cabbage, carrot, celery, clover, corn, cotton, lettuce, onion, pea, potato, soybean, sugarbeet, tobacco, tomato, turnip, alder, apple, cherry, elderberry, pear, and poplar.
Species ID Suggestions
2
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 1, 2017
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