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INSECTS

Orange-humped Mapleworm

Symmerista leucitys

Insects
Native
Orange-humped Mapleworm, Adult male
Orange-humped Mapleworm, Caterpillar
Orange-humped Mapleworm, Female

Butterfly or moth in the family Notodontidae.

There are 30 observations of Orange-humped Mapleworm in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Montérégie and Estrie, and it has been reported in 6 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Outaouais13
  2. Montérégie7
  3. Estrie4
  4. Capitale-Nationale3
  5. Laurentides2
  6. Mauricie1

What the caterpillar eats

Sugar mapleAcer saccharum
American elmUlmus americana
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
American beechFagus grandifolia
TOXIC
Red mapleAcer rubrum
American basswoodTilia americana
Northern red oakQuercus rubra

Similar species

White-headed ProminentSymmerista albifrons
Red-humped Oakworm MothSymmerista canicosta