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  2. Malacosoma californicum - Wikipedia

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    The tree in which a female deposits the eggs is where the larvae will choose to feed. The most common host plants that caterpillars feed on are leaves from stonefruit trees. However, larvae will feed on many other types of tree foliage. Adult moths do not eat and live for 1–4 days. [7]

  3. Western pygmy blue - Wikipedia

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    After mating, females lay eggs on all parts of the host plant, oftenmost on the uppersides of leaves. The caterpillars eat all parts of the plant; host species include Pigweed (Chenopodium album), saltbush species , and others in the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae). Adult imagos appear in July–September in the north, while it appears year ...

  4. Butterfly - Wikipedia

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    Butterfly larvae, or caterpillars, consume plant leaves and spend practically all of their time searching for and eating food. Although most caterpillars are herbivorous, a few species are predators: Spalgis epius eats scale insects, [48] while lycaenids such as Liphyra brassolis are myrmecophilous, eating ant larvae. [49]

  5. Caterpillar - Wikipedia

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    Caterpillars of most species eat plant material (often leaves), but not all; some (about 1%) eat insects, and some are even cannibalistic. Some feed on other animal products. For example, clothes moths feed on wool, and horn moths feed on the hooves and horns of dead ungulates.

  6. 9 Ways To Attract Birds To Your Yard Other Than Hanging A ...

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    Butterflies need specific plants, called host plants, where they can lay their eggs and caterpillars hatch. Not all caterpillars will become butterflies, of course, because some are eaten by birds.

  7. Hyles lineata - Wikipedia

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    A tail-like spine protruding from the back of the body is a typical for sphingid moth caterpillars, known as “hornworms”. [2] This horn, which may sometimes be yellow and have a black tip, is not a stinger, and the caterpillars are not harmful to humans. [7] The larvae can also sometimes be lime green and black.

  8. Nymphalis antiopa - Wikipedia

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    The host plant selection is vital because it provides the food source for the young caterpillars. Females are known to have multiple broods, [ 17 ] typically up to two to three. [ 8 ] The newly hatched caterpillars will group together until they shed their skin—termed an instar for each shedding.

  9. Bagworm moth - Wikipedia

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    The caterpillar larvae of Psychidae construct cases out of silk and environmental materials such as sand, soil, lichen, or plant materials. These cases are attached to rocks, trees or fences while resting or during their pupa stage, but are otherwise mobile. The larvae of some species eat lichen, while others prefer green