2019 May 15 morning

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:   It won’t be long now before we start to see Lorquin’s Admiral butterflies.  Here is a caterpillar of one from near Blenkinsop Lake this morning.  I usually find them on Ocean Spray, Willow or Crabapple.  This one is on Black Hawthorn.

 

Lorquin’s Admiral  Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   And another familiar caterpillar from the same location, on Willow, the White Satin Moth:

 

White Satin Moth Leucoma salicis (Lep.: Erebidae – Lymantriinae) Jeremy Tatum