Gossypium thurberi Tod.

Description: English: Gossypium thurberi. Molino Basin, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA. 20 September 2008. One of my favorite plants. Grows in the most beautiful places on Earth. Date: 31 May 2009, 11:09. Source: Arizona wild cotton. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Camera location32° 20′ 38.4″ N, 110° 40′ 45.69″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 32.344001; -110.679359.

Description: Citheronia splendens on Arizona wild cotton, Gossypium thurberi. Molino Basin, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA. 9 August 2008. Date: 9 April 2011, 15:05. Source: Splendid Royal Moth Caterpillar Early Instar. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Camera location32° 20′ 26.39″ N, 110° 41′ 05.24″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 32.340663; -110.684788.

Description: Citheronia splendens on Arizona wild cotton, Gossypium thurberi. Molino Basin, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA. 9 August 2008. Here's a video of another one of these caterpillars. During monsoon season, they're quite common in this field of wild cotton. Date: 9 April 2011, 15:05. Source: Splendid Royal Moth Caterpillar Moulting. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Camera location32° 20′ 26.39″ N, 110° 41′ 05.24″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 32.340663; -110.684788.

Description: Thurberiphaga diffusa on its host plant, Arizona wild cotton, Gossypium thurberi. Molino Basin, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA. 9 August 2008. Date: 9 April 2011, 15:05. Source: Cotton Moth. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Camera location32° 20′ 25.44″ N, 110° 41′ 08.33″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 32.340401; -110.685646.

Description: Gossypium thurberi. Molino Basin, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, USA. 13 September 2008. Date: 2 June 2009, 00:37. Source: Arizona Wild Cotton Again. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Camera location32° 20′ 38.4″ N, 110° 40′ 45.69″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 32.344001; -110.679359.

Arizona, United States

August 2011, Pima Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona

Arizona, United States

September 2010. This was a small tree beside Sabino Creek in the Santa Catalina Mountains of southeast Arizona.

September 2010. This was a small tree beside Sabino Creek in the Santa Catalina Mountains of southeast Arizona.

Arizona, United States

Fall 2010. This was a small tree beside Sabino Creek in the Santa Catalina Mountains of southeast Arizona.

Arizona, United States

September 2010. This was a small tree beside Sabino Creek in the Santa Catalina Mountains of southeast Arizona.