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Caterpillars of Scotorythra paludicola, koa moth. Humuula Trail. By this time (March 6, 2013), defoliation was occurring at the lower elevation area, around 890m. Large numbers of caterpillars were dropping from the trees and crawling over other plants, sometimes trying to feed on them.
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- Geometridae, Hamakua, Hawaii, Hawaiian native arthropods, Hilo, Hilo FR, Humuula Trail, koa defoliation, Lepidoptera, Mauna Kea, Scotorythra, Scotorythra paludicola
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- 2013:03:06 13:54:05
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- Mauna Kea, koa defoliation, Hawaii, Hilo, Hilo FR, Humuula Trail, Hamakua, Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Scotorythra, Scotorythra paludicola, Hawaiian native arthropods
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- Caterpillars of Scotorythra paludicola, koa moth. Humuula Trail. By this time (March 6, 2013), defoliation was occurring at the lower elevation area, around 890m. Large numbers of caterpillars were dropping from the trees and crawling over other plants, sometimes trying to feed on them.
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