{"id":600,"date":"2021-07-02T18:33:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T01:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/?p=600"},"modified":"2021-09-08T09:23:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T16:23:04","slug":"pandora-moth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/2021\/07\/02\/pandora-moth\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandora Moth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Assisting with community inquiries is one of my favorite parts about being an entomologist. It&#8217;s nice to be able to help someone, and inevitably, I end up learning something new! This week, thanks to a call from Toledo, OR &#8211; I learned about the Pandora Moth (Hemileucinae: <em>Coloradia pandora<\/em>). True, this doesn&#8217;t classify as a &#8216;cutworm&#8217;, but I needed a place to post about it, so here we are. These large beauties have an unusual lifecycle, can be massive defoliators of pine trees in the Western US, and are used as a food source by Indigenous Peoples. Click the &#8220;Continue reading&#8221; link below if your curiosity is as strong as mine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2721\/files\/2021\/07\/grouped_wm-1.png?resize=615%2C284&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-602\" width=\"615\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2721\/files\/2021\/07\/grouped_wm-1.png?resize=1024%2C475&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2721\/files\/2021\/07\/grouped_wm-1.png?resize=300%2C139&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2721\/files\/2021\/07\/grouped_wm-1.png?resize=768%2C356&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2721\/files\/2021\/07\/grouped_wm-1.png?w=1211&amp;ssl=1 1211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Noticed mainly East of the Cascades, this species does<strong> range<\/strong> throughout the Western US. <\/li><li>Moth <strong>flights<\/strong> occur every other year &#8211; &#8220;caterpillars in even [numbered] years, moths in odd years&#8221;<\/li><li>When high <strong>population booms<\/strong> occur, every few decades, <strong>media<\/strong> outlets take note (2018 Deschutes Cty. and 2002, 2007 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldandnews.com\/search\/?l=25&amp;sort=relevance&amp;f=html&amp;t=article%2Cvideo%2Cyoutube%2Ccollection&amp;app=editorial&amp;nsa=eedition&amp;q=pandora\">Klamath County<\/a>)<\/li><li><strong>Needle defoliation<\/strong> by the caterpillars can be extensive (80K+ acres!). Some experts say it usually does not permanently damage trees because they have the off year to recover. However, bark beetle damage or drought can decline overall <strong>forest health<\/strong>.<\/li><li>With a <strong>wingspan<\/strong> ranging from 3 to 4 1\/2 inches, adult Pandora moths are among the largest insects found in the forests of North America!<\/li><li><strong>Caterpillars<\/strong> are brownish with black and white stripes and are covered in short, bristly hairs. Use caution handling them, the <strong>hairs can sting<\/strong><\/li><li>Adult moths are brown to black with a spot on each forewing, pink-rimmed hindwings, and <strong>yellow antennae<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Moths rest and deposit <strong>eggs<\/strong> on the bark of <em>Pinus<\/em> spp. trees. They are attracted to lights and eggs have also been noted on concrete walls and other vertical structures<\/li><li>Both life stages are an important part of the <strong>food web <\/strong>(chipmunks and birds, respectively)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/9m01d3p2\">Fascinating article<\/a> about the methods used by the Paiute and other Indigenous Peoples to <strong>harvest and preserve larvae<\/strong> as a food staple<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assisting with community inquiries is one of my favorite parts about being an entomologist. It&#8217;s nice to be able to help someone, and inevitably, I end up learning something new! This week, thanks to a call from Toledo, OR &#8211; I learned about the Pandora Moth (Hemileucinae: Coloradia pandora). True, this doesn&#8217;t classify as a&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/2021\/07\/02\/pandora-moth\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8003,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[174598,1285971],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-migration","tag-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paiW4b-9G","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}