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Index of Subjects Thank you, Nancy Dowd. I think you nailed it, and that site is great. It covered all the questions like variations within the species and why such a widespread moth is called "salt marsh." Cheers Nancy Roberts On 31-Aug-13, at 6:22 AM, nancy dowd wrote: > Hi Nancy > > I am wondering if these caterpillars are Estigmene acrea - Salt Marsh > Moth Caterpillars. This link to bugguide shows both adults and > caterpillars. Just click on whichever you want to view at the top. > > http://bugguide.net/node/view/3242/bgimage > > My brother had seen what I believe were lots of these on an offshore > island in Lun Co last week. The habitat you describe soiunds right and > your description reminds me of what he described. > > Nancy > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Nancy Roberts > <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> I'm just back from the Cole Harbour Salt Marsh Trail. There was a >> huge >> cohort of woolly caterpillars mostly between the second and third >> bridges as >> you walk from the Bissett Road end. >> >> They had reduced some of their favoured little yellow crucifers to >> stems and >> big veins and were even eating the pods. They were all over these, >> selected >> other species of plants, and the trail. >> >> Most were rusty all over, some were black down the back with rusty >> sides, >> and a few were grey. They had flashy markings on their bodies under >> the >> hairs. None were banded. >> >> I'm amazed that the parent leps laid so many eggs in the narrow >> strip of >> plants along the trail. Were they blown there? I've rarely seen a >> moth or >> butterfly out there. >> >> I know my descriptions are not thorough, but if anyone recognizes >> these >> species, I would love to be pointed to images of the adults. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Nancy >> >> Nancy Roberts Design >> Celebrating 20 years of making you look GOOD >> Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6 >> >> >> >>
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