Source: NCSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, 5/4/20


I got reports of rosy maple moths spotted around lights over the weekend. These beautiful moths are the adult form of greenstripped mapleworms which feed on maples each summer. They are many caterpillar pests of landscape and nursery trees. The greenstriped mapleworm, Dryocampa rubicunda, is found throughout the Eastern United States and Canada. Maples are its preferred hosts and the most common hosts in many landscapes. In North Carolina, moths emerge from their pupae in late April or early May. The moths deposit yellow eggs on the underside of leaves.

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