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Samia cynthia
Larvae are gregarious and yellow at first. Later instars are solitary, and whitish-green with white tubercules along the back, and small black dots. 5 instars, maximum length 70–75 mm.
Peigler & Naumann (2003), in their revision of the genus Samia, listed material of true Samia cynthia examined as follows: Indigenous populations Asia: China (Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shandong, Beijing, Shanxi, Liaoning, Heilongjiang); Korea (North Pyongan, South Pyongan, Pyongyang, Kangwon, South Kyongsan) Introduced Populations (escaped from cultivation or introduced and naturalized) Asia: Japan; India Australasia: Australia America: Canada; United States; Venezuela; Uruguay; Brazil Africa: Tunisia Europe: France; Austria; Switzerland; Germany; Spain; Bulgaria. Here in our area it inhabits montane forest and it is and rare are the times that its population swells as what me and my father encountered now.
Spotted on Mar 27, 2013
Submitted on Apr 10, 2013
7 Comments
What a gorgeous caterpillar! I hope I can see the real one! Cool color and quite big!
Wow! Great séries!
That could be bad news for the host plants. But I still would like to see your next spotting when they start turning into moths. :)
Very cool. Curled up like that, I thought it was a little horned melon. Great series.
Thanks Ate Agnes and ReikoS. I don't know the name of the foodplant (tree) they're feeding on. There's hundreds and hundreds of them , its not common and I think its a population swell.
Nice series, shekainah.
Wow! The 4th pic looks like a silkmoth-bearing plant! :) Great spot as always, Shekai.