"What a thousand acres of Silphiums looked like when they tickled the bellies of the buffalo is a question never again to be answered, and perhaps not even asked." -Aldo Leopold
White-dotted Prominent
Nadata gibbosa fam. Notodontidae (Hodges#7915)
Host plant(s): Found on white oak (Quercus alba)
Date(s) and location(s): 25 September, 2025 – Council Bluff Lake, Iron County, MO
Notes: When threatened, caterpillars of this species curl their heads over their bodies exposing their large yellow, black-tipped mandibles.
White-dotted Prominent
Nadata gibbosa fam. Notodontidae
Host plant: Found on white oak (Quercus alba)
Date found: 02, Sep, 2024
Location Found: Hawn State Park, Ste. Genevieve County, MO
Notes: One of the most common finds while searching oak trees.
A Thousand Acres of Silphiums 