Silkmoths and more: Paradirphia leoni

... or wait, maybe it's Paradirphia frankae. It's not Paradirphia semirosea, unless ... unless my semirosea of earlier this year is not semirosea but a frankae or a leoni. Still following? Seriously? You must be the only one. All this, just to say that these three species look very similar. It was to be expected that also the caterpillars of the Paradirphia in this post would be similar. Similar, but not the same. The ones in this post are clearly more orange/chestnut brown, instead of the dark brown with almost black spines of semirosea. That's not the only difference. They were also significantly smaller. That's about it, for the rest: pretty much the same. The breeding was exactly the same too. When kept in well ventilated plastic containers, they grow entirely problem free. You don't have to do anything special. Room temperature and average humidity are fine. The only difference was that this time I kept the Paradirphia on Fagus sylvatica. I could have used Quercus robur again, that is if I would have been able to find some plants that had still green leaves instead of white mildew ones.