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Rosy Maple Moth

Dryocampa rubicunda

35,238 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 165, February 170, March 268, April 525, May 1,010, June 1,667, July 412, August 322, September 339, October 277, November 173, December 155.
United States25,467
Canada6,321
Ontario3,664
North Carolina3,065
Vermont1,894
Massachusetts1,696
New Hampshire1,621
Maryland1,577
Virginia1,526
Maine1,406

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
Genusrosy maple moths · Dryocampa

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