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Nevada Buck Moth

Hemileuca nevadensis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 27, February 24, March 25, April 31, May 30, June 26, July 19, August 19, September 24, October 25, November 36, December 24.
United States822
California300
Canada156
Colorado119
Minnesota106
Ontario76
New Mexico73
Texas51
Nebraska40
Utah32

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyEmperor and Giant Silk Moths · Saturniidae
GenusSheepmoths · Hemileuca

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