Sparganothis sulfureana – Sparganothis Fruitworm

Family Tortricidae    Hodges # 3695

Caterpillar foods: various trees and plants including apple, clover, corn, cranberry, pine and willow  (Beadle & Leckie);  Purple Prairie Clover

8/26/12

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8/26/2022  Found several flower heads of Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea) tied together with silk.  Small hole led to a shelter between them with a larva inside.

 

8/26/2022  Larva that was inside the shelter

 

9/1/2022 pupa

 

9/10/2022  Adult emerged and was released

 

9/10/2019

 

7/4/2017

 

6/24/2018

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