Delicate Cycnia
Common name: Delicate cycnia or dogbane tiger moth, Fishers Island NY, June 2017 Scientific name: Cycnia tenera Season: Two generations in the Northeast, with adults in late spring into June […]
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Entries by Betty Ann Rubinow
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Common Name: Eastern tent caterpillar moth Scientific Name: Malacosoma americana Season: One generation, with caterpillars appearing first in April into late May, and adults by June. Food: Caterpillars feed primarily […]
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth Nest
Common Name: Eastern tent caterpillar moth Scientific Name: Malacosoma americana Season: One generation, with caterpillars appearing first in April into late May, and adults by June. Food: Caterpillars feed primarily […]
Eyed Paectes
Common name: Eyed paectes, Fishers Island, NY, June 2017 Scientific name: Paectes oculatrix Season: There are multiple generations of eyed paectes in the Northeast, with adults present by April through […]
Giant Leopard Moth
Common name: Giant Leopard Moth Scientific name: Hypercompe scribonia, Fishers Island NY. June 2017. Season: One generation a year in the Northeast, with adults in June, caterpillars through the summer […]
Grapeleaf Skeletonizer
Common name: Grapeleaf skeletonizer, Fishers Island NY, June 2017 Scientific name: Harrisina americana Season: At least two generations in the Northeast. Food: Adults feed on grape leaves and the nectar […]
Gray-edged Hypena
Common name: Gray-edged hypena, Fishers Island NY, June 2017 Scientific name: Hypena madefactalis Season: One generation per year, adults common by June. Food: As caterpillars, the gray-edged hypena feeds exclusively […]
