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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Tussock Moths (Lymantriidae) » Orgyiini » Orgyia » White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 (Orgyia leucostigma)
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White jagged chrysalis is held in a silky nest with thin brown spikes. - Orgyia leucostigma
Copyright © 2007 jwinkowski

White jagged chrysalis is held in a silky nest with thin brown spikes. - Orgyia leucostigma
Yorktown, York County, Virginia, USA
October 8, 2007
Size: 1 1/2"
I found this specimen above my front door.
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Contributed by jwinkowski on 10 October, 2007 - 12:34pm
Last updated 24 December, 2007 - 9:40pm

white-marked tussock moth, Orgyia leucostigma
That is the cocoon of a female white-marked tussock moth. The females are wingless and lay their eggs on top of the cocoon--that's what the frothy-looking white mass is.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 December, 2007 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

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