Hypercompe scribonia – Giant Leopard Moth

Family Erebidae    Hodges # 8146

Caterpillar food:  many plants including banana, cabbage, cherry, dandelion, maple, orange, sunflower, violet, willow  (Bugguide)

6/29/2019

 

6/5/2018

 

5/31/2016

 

I often see the caterpillars in late summer and fall, crawling on the driveway, or hiding under boxes or pots that are sitting on gravel, and sometimes on tree trunks at my moth bait.

7/23/2016

 

9/20/2016 on moth bait

 

This is one that I kept over the winter as a caterpillar.  I fed it willow leaves in the spring – it ate a little more before it pupated.  Then I released the adult after it emerged.

9/26/2011  eating willow

 

5/23/2012  overwintering pupa

 

6/11/2012  The adult emerged.

 

6/11/2012  And was released.

 

5/28/2015  at lights

Hypercompe scribonia 5-28-15 1

 

6/6/2026

 

5/28/2015

Hypercompe scribonia 5-28-15 2

 

6/7/2015

Hypercompe scribonia 6-7-15 1

 

6/10/2014

Hypercompe scribonia 6-10-14 1

 

6/10/2014

Hypercompe scribonia 6-10-14 2

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