- Western Blackheaded Budworm Larva, Pupa and Adults shows images and some behavior of these moths that have experienced an outbreak in the Juneau area in 2021.
- I raised three of the larva to the adult stage and then sent the adult images to Moths and Butterflies of North America for verification. They were verified as Acleris gloveranus - Western Blackheaded Budworm.
- Their taxonomy is: Phylum Arthropoda - ArthropodsSubphylum Hexapoda - HexapodsClass Insecta - InsectsOrder Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths
- To learn about this outbreak for Southeast Alaska look at Warmer summers fuel western blackheaded budworm infestation of Southeast hemlocks by Tash Kimmell, KCAW - Sitka August 13, 2021
- And https://www.naturebob.com/sites/default/files/Find%20out%20more%20about%...
- Annotated Bibliography about these budworms
- For more information about them look at /sites/default/files/Western%20Blackheaded%20Budworm.pdf
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