Caterpillars on Large Cranberry

160 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

Not native to the US

3 animals, most recorded first.

Nativity unknown

22 recorded only to genus or family, or with no nativity on record.

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth

on Large Cranberry

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Caterpillars · handed down from blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies

What the records say

Eaten by · as larvae 4 records on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Recorded on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies, and handed down to its species.
- Hale et al. 2024 3 records
  
  Hale, Kayla R. S. and Curlis, John David and Auteri, Giorgia G. and Bishop, Sasha and French, Rowan L. K. and Jones, Lance E. and Mills, Kirby L. and Scholtens, Brian G. and Simons, Meagan and Thompson, Cody and Tourville, Jordon and Valdovinos, Fernanda S. (2024). A highly resolved network reveals the role of terrestrial herbivory in structuring aboveground food webs.
- NHM Interactions Bank 1 record
  
  Ed Baker; Ian J. Kitching; George W. Beccaloni; Amoret Whitaker et al. (2016). Dataset: NHM Interactions Bank. Natural History Museum Data Portal (data.nhm.ac.uk). https://doi.org/10.5519/0060767
References
- Kayla R. S. Hale (Expert)
- Jordon Tourville (Expert)
- Edward Baker; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Amoret Whitaker; Steen Dupont; Vincent Smith; John S Noyes (2017). NHM Interactions Bank. https://doi.org/10.5519/0060767. Accessed at <https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/82e807f0-6273-4f19-be0a-7f7558442a25/resource/f84ad9f1-bd0c-4811-8108-8dcd83f224a4/download/nhminteractionsbank.csv> on 14 Jul 2026.
- Brian G. Scholtens (Expert)
Host to · as larvae 8 records on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Recorded on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies, and handed down to its species.
- Gandhi 2009 7 records
  
  Gandhi, K. J. K., & Herms, D. A. (2009). North American arthropods at risk due to widespread Fraxinus mortality caused by the Alien Emerald ash borer. Biological Invasions, 12(6), 1839–1846. doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9594-1.
- HOSTS (NHM caterpillar host plants) 1 record
  
  Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz
References
- Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 13 Jul 2026.
- Wagner DL (2005) Caterpillars of eastern North America: a guide to identification and natural history. Princeton field guides. Princeton University Press, Singapore
- Solomon JD, Leininger TD, Wilson AD et al (1993) Ash pests: a guide to major insects, diseases, air pollution injury, and chemical injury. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report SO-96
- Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching IJ et al (2007) HOSTS—a database of the world’s Lepidopteran hostplants. URL: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/hostplants/
- Rings RW, Downer RA (2001) The Lepidoptera of Wayne County, Ohio. The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Research Bulletin No. 1192
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