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Beautiful twig mimic caterpillar had been feeding on Malosma laurina leaf. Great camouflage.

B3-699, maybe Euxoa medialis

~7100' elevation.

Southern Mono County, CA.

no collector name,
from the Cornell University Insect Collection
dissected/determined JoAnne Russo
Corpus bursae with long tubular fundus extension.

~7100' elevation.
Cross-breeding Euxoa: comosa + obeliscoides.

A tough one to ID espicially when faded! Found on Eriogonum fasciculatum seed cluster.

B3-649, FW = ~19.5 mm

B3-637

Beaten from Cupressus macrocarpa

Pupated Sep/11/2023
eclosed Oct/4/23

Tentative, This species was collected not farm from me by Troubridge & Crabo in '95. Good match at BOLD, dark HW no photo, not much PM line, A. obliqua seems to have a more pronounced PM line

~7100' elevation.
Suggested id BugGuide:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2299709

B3-584

Euxoa comosa?

~7100' elevation.

Closest I could find to the wing pattern, please correct my guess!

On Quercus agrifolia sandwiched between two leaves

Small relative to most local macariines. Wingspan maybe 2.5 mm as photographed.

B3-498

B3-501

On Cupressus macrocarpa

collected by Laura Gaudette
dissected/determined by JoAnne Russo

papillae anales meet together caudally at a point - distinctive.

B3-451

~7100' elevation.

BugGuide suggested ID: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2291729