Furcula modesta – Modest Furcula

Family Notodontidae   Hodges # 7941

Caterpillar foods: willow, sometimes poplar and pear (Bugguide)

Distinguishing features:  no gold scaling on veins;  yellow or tan tint to light areas of wings (Bugguide)

5/27/2019

 

4/15/2024

 

6/6/2022  Les Ferge says that the bits of orange are because this one is freshly emerged; it will probably lose the orange as soon as it starts to fly.

 

5/6/2018

 

5/7/2018

 

5/11/2023

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