Eastern Oklahoma
Actual ranges may, in many cases, be more expansive than noted, but Oklahoma is well known as a transition state where many of the silkmoths common to the eastern United States encounter the western most limits of their respective ranges. Only Hemileuca oliviae is found in the western most portions of the state; most other species are limited to the eastern half of the state or counties of the extreme East.
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Eastern Oklahoma
On Friday , August 16, 2011, Jessica L. Townsend writes,
"Hi again, Bill. I found this outside the door to our office laying eggs. I thought it was an Io moth upon first glance. When I looked at it again later though,
I checked it for eye spots and it had none. Obviously a silk moth, the closest I came to identification is possibly Anisota senatoria but not sure if they
are common to our area.
"I am in Grady County Oklahoma. I collected the eggs and if they turn out to be viable I might be able to decide from those. The picture is blurry because it’s a
camera phone but can you tell me whether or not it is the Orange-tipped Oakworm moth?"
I reply, "Hi Jessica,
"It is Anisota stigma, which previously in Oklahoma was only known from more easterly counties.
It is unusual also that it is quite yellow. Most stigma tend to be reddish orange or brown.
Hope you have success with eggs and can rear them through and send pictures of larvae and next generation of moths.
Thanks for thinking of me."
Eddene Hightower Thompson sent me a small image of a male cecropia, taken by her daughter Janet Roe, May 30, 2008 in Rogers County.
Larry and Beverly send this image of Hyalophora cecropia in copula, Miami, Ottawa County, June 9, 2009.
Hyalophora cecropia in copula, Miami, Ottawa County, June 9, 2009, courtesy of Lary and beverly.
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