Pupae stages vary in length from 4 to 7 days. Pupation occurs 10 to 14 days after the third molt. Spotting also occurs in their first segments. She measures about 9 inches (23 cm) tall & has a wingspan of. The body colors range from dark and light green, black and green, and black and yellow. This adorable Rosy Maple Moth is just like her mini version except she is larger standing size. About 1 week later, the larvae undergo a third molt and emerge with brown heads and varied body colors. This molt leaves the larvae relatively the same in appearance. About 12 days after hatching, the larvae undergo another molt. Between 6 to 11 days after hatching, the brood molts and emerges with deeper colors, two long black dorsal horns near their head, and 6 short but sharp spines on the rest of the segments. As they pass through the second and third instars, their body color and stripes begin to darken. Their legs are black and have yellow tips. Their bodies are sparsely covered with short setae. The second body segments of the larvae have two yellow tubercles, each terminating with two setae. During the early instars, the larvae have shiny black heads and yellow bodies with black dorsal lines running vertically. Only by the 4th instar do the larvae feed independently. During the first three instars, the larvae live and eat together. Rosy maple moth larvae go through five instar stages. Depending on where their host trees are, rosy maple moths have also been found in suburban areas.įemale rosy maple moths lay their fertilized eggs 24 hours after mating on the underside of the host leaf and then depart. They are most often associated with red maples ( Acer rubrum), sugar maples ( Acer saccharum), silver maples ( Acer saccharinum), turkey oaks ( Quercus laevis) and box elder maples ( Acer negundo). The moth is known as the Rosy Maple Moth.
Rosy maple moths inhabit temperate deciduous forests of eastern North America. For the last few weeks, 22News viewers have been sending us pictures and video of a woolly bodied, yellow and pink colored moth. Journalist and podcast host Rebecca Lavoie recently discovered not one, but two rosy maple moths on her deck, and the internet can’t believe they’re real. As the name implies, rosy maple moths mainly feed on Maples, particularly Red Maple, Silver Maple, and Sugar Maple. Males have bushier antennae than females. They have reddish-to-pink legs and antennae, yellow bodies and hindwings, and pink forewings with a triangular yellow band across the middle.
Males have a wingspan of 32–44 mm females of 40–50 mm. The Rosy Maple Moth ( Dryocampa rubicunda) is a North American moth in the Saturniidae family.
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