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Hackberry > Leaves > Holes in leaves or parts of leaves missing
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Spiny elm caterpillar
Nymphalis antiopa
- Larvae feed in groups, eating leaves; they can defoliate entire branches
- Mostly black with scattered white spots and a single row of red spots and black spines along its body
- Larvae feed in May and June and again in July or August by a second generation
- Turn into mourning cloak butterflies
- More information on Spiny elm caterpillar
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Hackberry tatters
- In spring, growing leaves appear deformed, uneven, frayed and/or lace-like
- Leaves are undersized and from a distance appear lighter green compared to neighboring
- Leaves drop, by summer, a new set of unaffected leaves has replaced tattered leaves
- More information on Hackberry tatters
