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Wingless moth? - Orgyia leucostigma - female

Wingless moth? - Orgyia leucostigma - Female
Air Station Prairie, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
July 13, 2008

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Wingless moth? - Orgyia leucostigma - female Wingless moth? - Orgyia leucostigma - female

Moved
Moved from Tussock Moths.

Yes.
It appears that this is a female tussock moth depositing eggs atop her cocoon, though the frothy exudate is not typical, to my (limited) knowledge.

 
Froth
The froth is typical of white-marked tussock moths. I don't remember off the top of my head if that's the only tussock moth that makes a frothy egg covering like this, but the family ID is certain, anyway.