One female will lay about 150 eggs, which hatch in about 8-10 days. In about a month, after molting 4 times, the caterpillars are full grown. They then move to the ground and work their way into the leaf litter where they pupate and overwinter in shallow underground chambers.
The caterpillars do feed on a variety of maples. Adults do not feed.
4 comments:
What a beautiful moth! Are they in Florida?
Suze, thye sure are! I find them around our place every year. For what it's worth, there's a range map hereIt only shows reported sightings, so is by no means complete.
Thought mothy, but had no clue with those colors. Wow!
FC, they always make me think of sherbet.
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