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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Unidentified Pupae and Cocoons
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Pupa
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Pupa
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
July 6, 2008
Size: 13mm (1/2")
It almost looks as if this larva was eating the caterpillar. Or is the caterpillar coming out of the casing ?
It was in a leaf pulled shut with a web.
Please help with ID.

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Pupa Pupa
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 7 July, 2008 - 2:06pm
Last updated 4 September, 2008 - 6:56pm

As Eric pointed out,
the pupa forms inside the last larval exoskeleton. The Pupa then shucks off that old caterpillar skin to have room to form the pupal shape.
… john and jane balaban, 7 July, 2008 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

Pupa.
This looks to me like a moth pupa with the residual remains of the last shed caterpillar 'skin.'
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 July, 2008 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

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