The promethea feeds on sassafras, spicebush, lilac, ash, cherry and tuliptree, while the tuliptree silk moth caterpillar is named for its specialty. None of the giant silk moths feeds at all as an ...

Their caterpillars feed on leaves from a variety of trees and shrubs during the summer, then spin their cocoons at the approach of winter.” Learn how to identify a luna moth . Caterpillar and ...

Anthony RobbiMature larvae (fifth instar) of the promethea moth. The photo at left that ran Thursday with an article on butterflies was misidentified as the caterpillar of a spicebush swallowtail ...