Yes, you should contact them! Sometimes, it's people like us that make the info on moth caterpillars more well-documented and available. Years ago, I was intrigued by the little black and yellow caterpillars that I'd see on a native Texas plant that grows on my property. I couldn't seem to find anything resembling those caterpillars anywhere I looked. Finally, a light bulb came on in my ADD brain, and I decided to start searching instead using the plant name (Stillangia texana) , including the words "host plant". I found an obscure reference to another species of Stillangia being the host plant of a little-known moth called Doa ampla (no common name had been given in the U.S.) and it mentioned that other species of Stillangia might also be used. But then, I could not find a single image of the Doa ampla caterpillar, or even a good description! There were a few images I found of the adult moth, however. The moth was not common in the U.S. and the photos were only from Texas and Arizona. I took some of the caterpillars in to be raised and later was able to see the emerged moths, although I wasn't able to take any photos because the little bitty moths would get disturbed if I even picked up the container and fly around the container. I posted the pics of the moth caterpillars then on a couple of websites, with the ID of Doa ampla. I was eventually contacted by a guy who was part of a website of people that were very interested in moths...he was quite excited by my info, as he also lived in Texas! Unfortunately, those moths are not coming to my place anymore, not sure if that was caused by effects of the long drought or what.
