Thursday, April 30, 2009

unknown caterpillar Lepidoptera
Possibly related to the variable checkerspot? 
 
ps - Possible ID is elegant sheep moth (Hemileuca eglanterina). 
Ref: https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Hemileuca+eglanterina&where-lifeform=specimen_tag&rel-lifeform=ne&rel-taxon=begins+with&title_tag=Hemileuca+eglanterina

1 comment:

Jeannette said...

We get these in the wild lilac varieties in platoons...and they are hungry. Lucky for them we don;t use any toxics in the garden...the poor ceanothus though.