Mortality in The Puss Moth Cerura vinula larvae (Lep.: Notodontidae).
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Waring, Paul
- Source
- Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists Society. Dec2021, Vol. 80 Issue 543, p188-191. 4p.
- Subject
- *MOTHS
*MORTALITY
*LARVAE
*INSECT traps
*BLACK poplar
- Language
- ISSN
- 0266-836X
The article reports that complete loss of thirty larvae of the Puss Moth Cerura vinula to predation before they reached the third instar has moved to our present address in West Walton, West Norfolk in February 2017, we have never recorded the Puss Moth in our Robinson light trap. Topics include the pleasant surprise to find a total of thirty-two of the distinctive tawny-brown eggs laid singly, and the eggs were laid on the upper surface of leaves and mostly on the lower half of the plant.