This form has pale yellow to white adults that have barely any to no pink scales at all on their wings. Adults are usually pink – usually that is – and a yellow form has also been recorded (D. Their wingspan around 2 to 3 centimetres, which is exceptionally small for a Saturniidae. Larvae pupate in the soil after burrowing and do not spin cocoons.įemale rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda) Young caterpillars (instar 1 t/m 3) are social and can be found in groups while larger larvae (instar 4 t/m 5) become solitary. – oak trees – in the wild but oak seems to be a suboptimal host plant, and in captivity the caterpillars show a higher mortality rate if raised on oak. They are occasionally also recorded on Quercus sp. Their favorite host plants is Acer saccharum, also known as sugar maple, although they seem to accept many kinds of maple trees in the genus Acer. However, at some point they will always hibernate. This means that they will produce more generations as long as the local climate allows it, triggered by environmental conditions such as temperatures and daylength, and may produce more generations than usual in captivity. However, in the deep south, in states such as in Florida, these moths produce up to three generations a year. The most northern populations, such as in Canada, only have one generation a year – the pupae will hibernate and will lay dormant until the next spring. Dryocampa rubicunda can have multiple broods per year, but this strongly depends on the geographical location. As the “rosy maple moth” name implies, Dryocampa rubicunda mainly feed on maple tree (Acer) and seem to rely on several species of maple. They can be found in Canada and the eastern United Stated of America. Dryocampa rubicunda, also known as the rosy maple moth, is one of the smaller Saturniidae (silkmoths) and no doubt one of the cutest.
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