Observation date: November 30, 2020
Date notes: Sunny, 75 degrees
Submitted by: SusanneCooke
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: These caterpillars were eating salvia texana, south garden area, south side of brick wall. Weather has been 70’s-mid 80’s, dry.
I thought they were cecropia moth cats at first, but spines are wrong, and no orange tubercles on face.
I only found two caterpillars.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: December 03, 2020
Coordinator notes: The more likely host plant here is the Texas Sage, Leucophyllum frutescens, used by calleta throughout south Texas.
