(Lifecycle) Halysidota tessellaris – Banded Tussock Moth

8/12/2009  I found this caterpillar eating oak leaves

8-12-09

 

8/19/2009  It had grown a little, and had more hair and fewer spots.  It was 15 mm long, including the hairs.

with ruler 8-19-09

 

9/2/2009

9-2-09 2

 

9/2/2009

9-2-09

 

9/9/2009

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9/9/2009  Showing its black head

9-9-09 2

 

9/27/2009  It pupated, using some of its hairs to cover its cocoon.

9-27-09 cocoon

 

9/27/2009

4-23-10 cocoon after overwintering

 

6/17/2010  It spent the winter in my frig.  I took it outside at the beginning of March, 2010, and it emerged June 17th.

hatched 6-17-10 1

 

6/17/2010  Spent cocoon

6-17-10 2

Marcie O’Connor
Buffalo County, Wisconsin