Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Brown and tan checkered body with faint dorsal stripe and pale subdorsal and spiracular stripes; spiracular stripe dodging below spiracles and edged with dark brown above. Head brown with black netlike mottling and 2 solid black bands to either side of midline. Dorsum somewhat checkered with alternating dark and pale patches. Food: oaks, cherries, hickories, and other forest trees. Caterpillar: May to June; 1 generation.
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/insects/cateast/abagalte.htm
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