Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Oak Eggar)

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Lasiocampa quercus quercus
Oak Eggar
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Caterpillar (Click to open)
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar)
GenusLasiocampa (a genus of moths)
TribeLasiocampini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyLASIOCAMPINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyLASIOCAMPIDAE (lackeys and eggars)
SuperfamilyLASIOCAMPOIDEA (lackeys and eggars)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar) :
1: Lasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar)
24 May 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
larva, on Dogwood
Image 1: Larva - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Larva - dorsal view - white background (2)Image 3: Larva - head and thorax - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 4: Larva - head and thorax - lateral view - white backgroundImage 5: Larva - lateral view - white backgroundImage 6: Larva - lateral view - white background (2)Image 7: Larva - tail end - lateral view - white backgroundImage 8: Larva - head and thorax - lateral view - enlarged - white background
2: Lasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar)
21 May 2008 OSGR: NR93 55° 40’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland

Caterpillar

Image 1: Larva - dorsal viewImage 2: Larva - dorso-lateral viewImage 3: Larva - lateral viewImage 4: Larva - latero-dorsal viewImage 5: Larva - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Larva - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 7: Larva - head and thorax - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Larva - head - antero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Larva - head - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Larva - middle segments - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged

Lasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar)
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