BUTTERFLIES, SKIPPERS AND MOTHS: Caterpillars 1

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LEPIDOPTERA: Caterpillars 1

COMMON NAME:	Caterpillar, recently molted
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	09/19/2006
Location:	Parker Canyon Lake, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Caterpillar on host plant at butterfly garden
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	8/4/2007
Location:	Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Caterpillar
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	9/22/2007
Location:	Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Caterpillar
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	9/22/2007
Location:	Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Caterpillar
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	9/29/2007
Location:	Parker Canyon Lake, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Caterpillar
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	9/29/2007
Location:	Parker Canyon Lake, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Caterpillar
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	9/29/2007
Location:	Parker Canyon Lake, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Caterpillar
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	9/29/2007
Location:	Parker Canyon Lake, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Caterpillar
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	9/29/2007
Location:	Parker Canyon Lake, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Orange caterpillar with black bumps (or sawfly?)
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	8/4/2001
Location:	Greencastle, PA

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Bright green caterpillar on flower
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	9/2000
Location:	Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Large inchworm and lace bug on brittlebush leaf (Encelia farinosa)
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	8/10/2002
Location:	Rillito River Park, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Genista Broom Moth caterpillar
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	Uresiphita
Species:	Uresiphita reversalis
Date:	3/30/2002
Location:	Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ

Comment: found on Mescal Bean Tree (Sophora secundiflora)

COMMON NAME:	Large, dark purple-black hornworm
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	12/9/2000
Location:	Mountain View, Big Island, HI

Comment: yellow stripes on forehead and face

COMMON NAME:	Orange Dog and hatchling
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papillionidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	Papilio cresphontes
Date:	5/4/2002
Location:	Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Tiny, fat white Blue or Hairstreak caterpillar
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	4/16/2002
Location:	Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Inchworm eating leaf
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	6/2001
Location:	Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Inchworm eating leaf
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	6/2001
Location:	Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Inchworm on flower
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	4/20/2002
Location:	Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Hornworm, wandering stage just prior to pupation
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Sub-family:	Sphinginae
Genus:	Manduca
Species:	Manduca sexta
Date:	10/27/2002
Location:	Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Hornworm, pupa, in diapause to wait-out the coming winter
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Sub-family:	Sphinginae
Genus:	Manduca
Species:	Manduca sexta
Date:	11/02/2002
Location:	Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Giant Swallowtail pupa; old head and forelegs have fallen off
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	Papilio cresphontes
Date:	5/9/2002
Location:	Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Bagworm on mesquite leaf
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Psychidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	Thyridopteryx
Species:	Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
Date:	08/01/2003
Location:	Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Caterpillar (Sphinx hornworm?)
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	8/1/2003
Location:	Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	White-lined Sphinx caterpillar (2nd or 3rd instar)
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	Hyles
Species:	Hyles lineata
Date:	8/1/2003
Location:	Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ

Comment: on Bouvardia plant

COMMON NAME:	White-lined Sphinx caterpillar, dark form
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	Hyles
Species:	Hyles lineata
Date:	xx/xx/2003
Location:	Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment: