Melanchra adjuncta – Hitched Arches

Family Noctuidae   Hodges # 10292

Caterpillar foods:  herbaceous plants – alfalfa, asparagus, bracken, clover, dandelion, goldenrod, plantain – and woody plants – alder, birch, elder, elm, gooseberry, honeysuckle, willow  (Bugguide)

8/5/2011

 

9/25/2011  I found this caterpillar on birch, but it didn’t survive my rearing.

 

9/26/2011

 

7/26/2017

 

5/12/2016

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