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Cecropia caterpillars grow into one of the largest moths in the state of New York. The larvae consume a variety of shrubs and trees, including ash, beech, birch, cherry, dogwood and maple. When fully grown, cecropia caterpillars get as long as 1.5 inches.
These weevils feed at night on the leaves of sugar and red maple, yellow birch, hazel and hophornbeam. The larvae feed on the roots of these plants, although they are not considered a pest. Barypeithes pellucidus is reddish brown and between 1/8 - 3/16 inch long.