Kebnat
INSECTS

Fluid Arches

Morrisonia latex

Insects
Native
Fluid Arches, photo 1 of 5
Fluid Arches, Caterpillar
Fluid Arches, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae.

There are 121 observations of Fluid Arches in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Capitale-Nationale and Estrie, and it has been reported in 13 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from August to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue49
  2. Capitale-Nationale13
  3. Estrie12
  4. Outaouais11
  5. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine9
  6. Montérégie6
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent6
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  9. Laurentides3
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean3
  11. Montréal3
  12. Mauricie2
  13. Lanaudière1

What the caterpillar eats

Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis
White oakQuercus alba
American elmUlmus americana
Black cherryPrunus serotina
TOXIC
Red mapleAcer rubrum
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
American beechFagus grandifolia
HophornbeamOstrya virginiana
Sugar mapleAcer saccharum
River birchBetula nigra
Gray alderAlnus incana
Northern red oakQuercus rubra

Similar species

Otter Spiramater MothSpiramater lutra
Norman's QuakerCrocigrapha normani
Purple Arches MothPolia purpurissata
Great BrocadeEurois occulta
Variegated Cutworm MothPeridroma saucia
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba