Found on a Betula glandulosa shrub on the low arctic tundra between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk. Seemed very far north even for the northern tent caterpillar!
This little one was found about 2 km upstream from my prior post.
Found on a Betula glandulosa shrub on the low arctic tundra between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk. Seemed very far north even for the northern tent caterpillar!
Edited: White Spruce (Picea glauca). I initially suggested Black Spruce (Picea mariana), tundra near tree line, Tuktoyaktuk road, NWT, June 18/19
Net-leaved Willow (Salix reticulata), tundra, Tuktoyaktuk road, NWT, June 18/19
Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus), purple flower, tundra, Tuktoyaktuk road, NWT, June 18/19. [accompanied by Possible Northern Yellow Point-Vetch (Oxytropis campestris var varians), reported separately]
Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus), purple, tundra, road to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, June 18/19.