#armyworms

[rattyexplores]

Cutworm Camouflage

Unidentified, family Noctuidae

21/03/23

[bambuita]

ARMYWORMS 😳😳😳😳

They found their way up to Ohio from the southern states from the recents storms... My area is already affected, I hope I don’t get them 🥺🥺🥺

So many gardeners have lost their gardens

9/4/21

[nanonaturalist]

Moth Variety Pack from the front yard tonight. I have been STRESSED OUT and BUSY and also I got bronchitis (but I didn’t lose my voice until AFTER I finished teaching a four hour workshop on iNaturalist Saturday morning, thankfully). The Master Naturalist Annual Meeting (and that four hour workshop...) was the major time sink the past few weeks so now I have no excuse for slacking in the blog department (besides the whole desperate employment search thing). Anyway. October 30, 2018

[rattyexplores]

Armyworm Camouflage

Unidentified, genus Spodoptera

24/03/23

[rattyexplores]

Small caterpillars I found on a walk. Sadly upon returning to the area, they had simply disappeared. If I find them again, I’ll raise them.

Condica Foodplant: Emilia sonchifolia

29/05/22

[rattyexplores]

Happy caterpillars enjoying their new lives in my garden ❤

My Mum visited a nursery, and saw a massive caterpillar infestation. She collected as many as she could, and brought them home for me to care for. At the moment, they’re all pupating.

Spodoptera litura

17/12/21

[rattyexplores]

Pumpkinpillar.

Unidentified Noctuidae species

16/01/21

[rattyexplores]

Been wanting to ID this caterpillar for a very long time, but all I currently know is that it’s from the Callopistria genus (fern moths).

I’ve found this caterpillar feeding on a variety of different ferns. During the day, the caterpillar will hide in the black moss that covers the tree. At night, the caterpillar will be underneath the fern leaves.

This caterpillar has been found in Far-North Queensland, Australia.