saddleback caterpillar

saddleback caterpillar
A caterpillar - the larva of a moth native to the eastern U.S., (Sibine stimulea) - which usually has a green and brown saddle-shaped mark on its back.

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  • Saddleback caterpillar — Taxobox | name = Saddleback Caterpillar | | image width = 240px | image caption = | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Lepidoptera | superfamilia = Zygaenoidea | familia = Limacodidae | genus = Sibine | species …   Wikipedia

  • saddleback caterpillar — noun : a caterpillar that is the larva of a cup moth (Sibine stimulea), has urticating hairs and usually a green and brown saddle shaped mark on the back, and feeds on cherry and oak in the southeastern United States * * * saddleback caterpillar …   Useful english dictionary

  • Saddleback — In general, a saddleback is the shape of a saddle. Saddleback can also refer to: * Saddleback Mountain, name of many mountain peaks around the world * Saddleback Mountains, an unofficial name for the two highest peaks of the Santa Ana Mountains… …   Wikipedia

  • caterpillar — The wormlike larval stage of a butterfly or a moth. [M.E. catirpeller, fr. O.Fr. cate, cat, + pelose, hairy] dermatitis causing c.. one of several species whose hairs can cause an allergic dermatitis; the saddleback c. (Sabine stimulea) and the… …   Medical dictionary

  • saddlebackcaterpillar — saddleback caterpillar n. The brown and green larva of a moth (Sibine stimulea) of the southeast United States, having a brown saddle shaped mark on its back and stinging spines that are mildly poisonous. * * * …   Universalium

  • Limacodidae — The Festoon, Apoda limacodes Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

  • Urtication — The term urtication can have various meanings:*In biology, it refers to the stinging hairs of plants or invertebrates, of which nettles (the plant genus Urtica ) is the example from which the term was derived, but only one of a great many such… …   Wikipedia

  • Microlepidoptera — Some typical microlepidoptera. An Alucitid Many plumed moth is shown top centre; a white Pterophorid Plume moth at centre Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial (i.e., unranked and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, commonly… …   Wikipedia

  • cup moth — noun : any of various chiefly tropical New World moths constituting the family Eucleidae see saddleback caterpillar …   Useful english dictionary

  • Слизневидки — ? Слизневидки Tortricidia testacea …   Википедия

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