Ornate Bella Moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)

CENTRAL FLORIDA CRITTER OF THE DAY: Ornate Bella Moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)

a diurnal moth.

Learn: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/leps/bella_moth.htm

Larval host: (Crotalaria spp.) which in my yard is the Florida native RABBITBELLS (C. rotundifolia)

Caterpillar: https://centralfloridacritteroftheday.wordpress.com/2014/01/19/ornate-bella-moth-caterpillar-utetheisa-ornatrix/

Shown on Florida Native Plant: OAKLEAF FLEABANE (Erigeron quercifolius)

Another photo when it hopped on over onto   BLACKBERRY (Rubus spp.): https://centralfloridacritteroftheday.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bellamothblackberrymar2020.jpg

My take: Whats in a day?

What’s in a day?

Take 2: Half Hidden Beauty in the Garden

Half Hidden Beauty in the Garden

Take 3 is about the caterpillar: https://floridawildlifegardentails.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/we-dont-all-eat-leaves-you-know/

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• diurnal
• insect
• pollinator