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A Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/13/2014).
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Scott Housten.
A Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/13/2014).
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A Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/28/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/15/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/11/2019).
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Daniel Taylor.
A Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/19/2013).
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Scott Housten.
Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/4/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/4/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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A Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/9/2005).
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Jim Brighton.
Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/21/2024). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Source: Wikipedia
Parasa indetermina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Limacodidae |
Genus: | Parasa |
Species: | P. indetermina
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Binomial name | |
Parasa indetermina (Boisduval, 1832)
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Parasa indetermina, the stinging rose moth, is a moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in the United States from New York to Florida, west to Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma.
The wingspan is 23–30 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on apple, dogwood, hickory, maple, oak, poplar, and rose bushes.[1] and possess numerous urticating hairs, from which they derive their common name.
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