Observation date: May 15, 2013
Submitted by: Ranger Karen
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Perhaps 75 degrees F; mostly cloudy; rain the night before in much of ABQ but only a sprinkle at this location. Caterpillar was located about 5 feet from the ground on a west-facing concrete wall of the Park's visitors center staff entrance way; a very popular hangout with invertebrates of all sorts. Visitors center located in a Cottonwood bosque (forest); established, constructed wetland north of the visitors center.
Status: Unknown
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: September 23, 2023
Coordinator notes: Couldn't get beyond the genus; it's definitely an underwing moth caterpillar (Catocala), but I can't tell which.