Kebnat
INSECTS

Fall Webworm Moth

Hyphantria cunea

Insects
Native
Fall Webworm Moth, photo 1 of 5
Fall Webworm Moth, Caterpillar
Fall Webworm Moth, Pupa
30 mmWingspan

Butterfly or moth in the family Erebidae with a wingspan of 30 mm.

There are 718 observations of Fall Webworm Moth in Québec, mostly in Montréal, Montérégie and Abitibi-Témiscamingue, and it has been reported in every region. They peak from June to August and become rare from September to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montréal191
  2. Montérégie164
  3. Abitibi-Témiscamingue70
  4. Estrie48
  5. Capitale-Nationale47
  6. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean31
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent26
  8. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine25
  9. Lanaudière22
  10. Laurentides21
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches19
  12. Outaouais19
  13. Côte-Nord11
  14. Laval9
  15. Mauricie9
  16. Nord-du-Québec5
  17. Centre-du-Québec1

What the caterpillar eats

TOXIC
Balsam poplarPopulus balsamifera
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
White ashFraxinus americana
Black walnutJuglans nigra
American elmUlmus americana
Ash-leaf mapleAcer negundo
SycamorePlatanus occidentalis
English walnutJuglans regia
Silver mapleAcer saccharinum
Gray alderAlnus incana
American hornbeamCarpinus caroliniana
TOXIC
Red mapleAcer rubrum

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Agreeable Tiger MothSpilosoma congrua
Salt Marsh MothEstigmene acrea
Eastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americana
White Satin MothLeucoma salicis
Hackberry DaggerAcronicta rubricoma
Spongy MothLymantria dispar
Hickory Tussock MothLophocampa caryae
Pink-legged Tiger MothSpilosoma latipennis
Western Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma californica
Banded Tussock MothHalysidota tessellaris
Laugher MothCharadra deridens