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Porcelain berry

(Ampelopsis brevipedunculata) Description: Public enemy number one! This woody vine resembles grape leaves early in summer, but mature leaves will develop deep lobes. The vines can be broken easily by […]

Yellow-shouldered slug

Common Name: Yellow-shouldered slug Scientific Name: Lithacodes fasciola Season: One generation, with adults in early summer and caterpillars by July. Food: Many deciduous trees, including apple, basswood, beech, birch, blueberry, […]

Wavy-lined heterocampa

Common Name: Wavy-lined heterocampa Scientific Name: Heterocampa biundata Season: One generation a year, with adults by June and caterpillars by July. Food: Many deciduous woody plants, including basswood, beech, birch, […]

The Beggar

Common Name: The Beggar Scientific Name: Eubaphe mendica Season: Two generations, with caterpillars common by June. Food: Maples and violets. Adults do not feed. Ecology: This moth has nearly clear […]

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth

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 […]

Skiff moth

Common Name: Skiff moth Scientific Name: Prolimacodes badia Season: One generation, with adults from May to June and caterpillars by July. Food: Caterpillars feed on a variety of woody plants, […]

Primrose Moth

Common Name: Evening primrose flower moth Scientific Name: Schinia florida Season: One generation a year, with caterpillars from late July into September. Adults are present by June. Food: Evening primrose […]

Small-eyed sphinx

Common Name: Small-eyed sphinx Scientific Name: Paonias myops Season: Two generations in New England, with adults by April and again in July; caterpillars by May and again in August. Food: […]

Cecropia moth caterpillar

Common Name: Cecropia moth, Robin moth Scientific Name: Hyalophora cecropia Season: One generation a year in New England, with adults flying late May into June, and caterpillars from June into […]

Rose hooktip

Common Name: Rose hooktip Scientific Name: Oreta rosea Season: Two generations a year, with adults flying from late spring into June, and again in late summer into September. Caterpillars appear […]