Acronicta tristis

8/2/2009 – found caterpillar eating a black/red oak leaf

 

8/2/2009

 

8/9/2009

 

 

8/19/2009

 

8/21/2009

 

8/21/2009  The caterpillar was wandering around its jar, clearly searching for a place to pupate.  I had put in paper towels, leaves, and soil, but nothing was right.  Then I dropped in this piece of soft wood, and the caterpillar immediately burrowed in.

 

 

8/24/2009

 

6/9/2010  the adult hatched