Observation date: September 08, 2011
Submitted by: BeaLaporte
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: found on a White Oak
Status: Resident
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: September 09, 2011
Coordinator notes: According to Wagner and Giles in "Caterpillars of Eastern Forests" The red-humped oakworm (<i>S. canicosta</i>) is similar to white-headed prominent (<i>S. albifrons</i>), in which black and white dorsal stripes are more similar in width; whereas in <i>S. canicosta</i> the black stripes are wider than white. This is easier to see when the caterpillars are side by side.
