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What are these caterpillars called? Do they make a butterfly or moth? They are feeding on rue. - Kim Robinson
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Asked August 22, 2013, 10:31 PM EDT
What are these caterpillars called? Do they make a butterfly or moth? They are feeding on rue. - Kim Robinson
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
The insect in the photo is probably a genista broom moth caterpillar (Uresiphita reversalis).
Are you sure the caterpillars are feeding on rue? The usual host plants are legumes. In Minnesota the caterpillars are most often found on baptisia.
Go to the following websites for more information:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/741565
Genista Broom Moths Return to Minnesota
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/efans/ygnews/2013/08/genista-broom-moths-return-to.html
Genista Broom Moth
http://extension.psu.edu/plants/green-industry/news/2012/pest-alert-genista-broom-moth
Are you sure the caterpillars are feeding on rue? The usual host plants are legumes. In Minnesota the caterpillars are most often found on baptisia.
Go to the following websites for more information:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/741565
Genista Broom Moths Return to Minnesota
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/efans/ygnews/2013/08/genista-broom-moths-return-to.html
Genista Broom Moth
http://extension.psu.edu/plants/green-industry/news/2012/pest-alert-genista-broom-moth
