Observation date: July 18, 2012
Submitted by: escarmeng
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Very hot summer; inside a fine white web; clear day; plant: Baptisia australis (wild indigo); other plants include prairie MO native wildflowers.
Status: Unknown
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig
Verified date: July 21, 2012
Coordinator notes: Determined by David Wagner. I do not have the state records for this species at this time but it is on Heitzman’s checklist. According to David Wagner, we are not in the species normal range. For a sample account from his new manuscript on western caterpillars, send your request to me at lepsofmo@yahoo.com .
