{"id":13095,"date":"2012-06-15T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=13095"},"modified":"2012-06-16T23:26:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T06:26:33","slug":"fall-webworm-larva-hyphantria-cunea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/06\/15\/fall-webworm-larva-hyphantria-cunea\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Webworm Larva (Hyphantria Cunea)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I was doing my daily watering while house-sitting at Heather&#8217;s house, I came across this Fall webworm larva (Hyphantria cunea) casually munching away on a large zucchini leaf. Since it is neither my plant, nor my problem (and partly because its such a cool looking insect), I left the caterpillar to keep eating away.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13096\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Caterpillar-06-15-12-lo-res.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[13095]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13096\" data-attachment-id=\"13096\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/06\/15\/fall-webworm-larva-hyphantria-cunea\/caterpillar-06-15-12-lo-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Caterpillar-06-15-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1339766260&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Caterpillar 06-15-12 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Fall webworm larva (Hyphantria cunea)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Caterpillar-06-15-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Caterpillar-06-15-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13096\" title=\"Caterpillar 06-15-12 lo-res\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Caterpillar-06-15-12-lo-res-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Caterpillar-06-15-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Caterpillar-06-15-12-lo-res.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall webworm larva (Hyphantria cunea)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I was doing my daily watering while house-sitting at Heather&#8217;s house, I came across this Fall webworm larva (Hyphantria cunea) casually munching away on a large zucchini leaf. Since it is neither my plant, nor my problem (and partly because its such a cool looking insect), I left the caterpillar to keep eating away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14,183],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-3pd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":311,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/08\/monarch-larva-into-chrysalis\/","url_meta":{"origin":13095,"position":0},"title":"Monarch Larva Transforming Into Chrysalis","date":"June 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I spent two hours patiently taking pictures of a hanging yellow and black Monarch larva transform into a shiny green chrysalis.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Monarch01-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7551,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/07\/09\/larva-lie\/","url_meta":{"origin":13095,"position":1},"title":"Larval Life","date":"July 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Spent a long time in the backyard today watching and helping this colorful Monarch larva (caterpillar) as it wandered around searching for an appropriate place to pupate.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monarch-Larvae01-07-09-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":333,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/10\/roses-and-larvae\/","url_meta":{"origin":13095,"position":2},"title":"Roses and Larvae","date":"June 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Worked on photos I took of my mom's roses and of some tiny, freshly-hatched Monarch Butterfly larvae that I had to transport from a plumeria plant to a milkweed.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Monarch-Larva-Baby02-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10807,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/01\/04\/cockchafer\/","url_meta":{"origin":13095,"position":3},"title":"Cockchafer","date":"January 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Did me some weed-pullin' today and came across this little critter (and two more just like it) curled up in the dirt under a pot that was sittin' on the lawn. 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