Unicorn Caterpillar Moth Coelodasys unicornis (J.E. Smith, 1797)    Synonyms: Hodges #8007, Unicorn Prominent.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Notodontidae   >   Genus Coelodasys   

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A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/17/2013). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/30/2015). Photo by Jonathan Willey. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/9/2014). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/6/2014). Caterpillar photo 7/10; pupa photo 7/18. Photo by Anna Letaw. (MBP list)

An Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/2/2013). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (6/1/2019). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/10/2013). Photo by Nancy Magnusson. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/5/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

A male Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Kent Co., Maryland (8/14/2022). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/5/2019). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/13/2018). (c) Paul G., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Paul G. via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/30/2020). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (6/29/2020). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jesse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by jesse via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/20/2014). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth caterpillar in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/4/2022). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth caterpillar on a willow leaf in Howard Co., Maryland (9/6/2014). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (9/6/2014). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/6/2012). (c) Sam Droege, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Sam Droege. (MBP list)

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/6/2012). (c) Sam Droege, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Sam Droege. (MBP list)

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (9/6/2014). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth larva in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/2/2016). Photo by Bob Cammarata. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/18/2015). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/6/2014). Adult photo 8/6; pupa photo 7/18. Photo by Anna Letaw. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/21/2006). Photo by Arlene Ripley. (MBP list)

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved. Photo by Hugh McGuinness. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar parasitized by Braconid wasps in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (9/12/2010). Note: The cocoon belongs to "the wasp larvae that exited its body through all those little holes in the side" (John and Jane Balaban, BugGuide, 2010). Photo by Bob Cammarata. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar pupa in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/6/2014). Adult photo 8/6; caterpillar photo 7/10. Photo by Anna Letaw. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth larva in Howard Co., Maryland (8/23/2016). Photo by Kurt Schwarz. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/14/2017). Verified by Bob Biagi/BugGuide. Photo by Shannon Schade. (MBP list)

A Unicorn Caterpillar Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/12/2017). Determined by Kyhl Austin/BugGuide. Photo by Barbara Thurlow. (MBP list)


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