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The saddleback caterpillar (Acharia stimuli, formerly Sibine stimulea) is the larva of a species of moth native to eastern North America. It is also found in Mexico. [ 1 ] The species belongs to the family of slug caterpillars, Limacodidae .
Megalopyge opercularis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae.It has numerous common names, including southern flannel moth for its adult form, and puss caterpillar, asp, Italian asp, fire caterpillar, woolly slug, opossum bug, [3] puss moth, tree asp, asp caterpillar, and Donald Trump caterpillar [4] for its juvenile form.
Saddleback caterpillar, Acharia stimulea, the larva of a species of moth native to eastern North America; Saddleback clownfish, Amphiprion polymnus, a black and white species of anemonefish; Saddleback seal, or harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus; Saddleback toad, a genus of small, colourful toads the family Brachycephalidae
Acharia stimulea (syn. Sibine stimulea) – saddleback caterpillar moth (Clemens, 1860) References This page was last edited on 5 September 2021 ...
Described and named Phalena plumata caudata by James Petiver in 1700, this was the first North American saturniid to be reported in the insect literature. [2] The initial Latin name, which roughly translates to "brilliant, feather tail", [9] was replaced when Carl Linnaeus described the species in 1758 in the tenth edition of Systema Naturae, and renamed it Phalaena luna, later Actias luna ...
They are small, hairy moths, with reduced or absent mouthparts and fringed wings. They often perch with their abdomens sticking out at 90° from their thoraces and wings. . North American moths are mostly cryptic browns, sometimes marked with white or green, but the hag moth mimics b
The life cycle of the moth is much like that of any other Saturniidae species. It lays flat, light-brown eggs on the leaves of a number of host trees, preferring Ulmus americana (American elm), Betula (birch), Salix (willow), but also, more rarely, can survive on other trees, including: Quercus (oak), Acer (maple), Carya (hickory), Fagus (beech), Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust), Juglans ...
The adult is a stout furry moth which holds its wings like a tent over the body, in the manner of the eggar moths (Lasiocampidae).The adult is larger than the oak processionary, Thaumetopoea processionea, has a crescent marking on the wings (unlike the pale eggar moth; the oak processionary has an indistinct marking), and is found in coniferous rather than broad-leaved forests.