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Redhumped Caterpillar - Schizura concinna
 Clemson
University, USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, www.ipmimages.org
 HOSTS: Aspen, Dogwood, Willow, honeylocust, crabapple, apple, and plum. DESCRIPTION:
Caterpillars with a pronounced reddish hump behind the head. LIFE
CYCLE:
Overwinters in a cocoon mixed with leaf litter around the base of the
previously infected tree. Moths emerge in late spring, females lay eggs
on the underside of the host’s leaves in masses of 50-100 eggs. Larvae
skeletonize the underside of the leaves. As they mature they move away
from the host plant to pupate. There is one generation per year. CONTROLS:
No control
needed. Cosmetic injury only. |
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