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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Noctuina » Yellow Underwings (Noctua) » Large Yellow Underwing - Hodges#11003.1 (Noctua pronuba)
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Cutworms in my house? - Noctua pronuba
Copyright © 2009 mfkiely

Cutworms in my house? - Noctua pronuba
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
December 24, 2009
Size: 1.5 inches
Found 5 of these during the last two weeks. All in one area of the house. I am not a bug person and am just looking for help in identifying a) what it is and b) why it seems to live inside the house Thanks.
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Contributed by mfkiely on 24 December, 2009 - 9:21pm
Last updated 26 December, 2009 - 12:50pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 26 December, 2009 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID, but it looks a bit like...
Large Yellow Underwing - Noctua pronuba



I can't say why they're in the house, unless maybe they're looking for a warm, safe place to pupate.

Perhaps someone else will be able to confirm or correct my tentative identification, and shed more light on the critters' behavior.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 December, 2009 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree with that ID
and I know they are still crawling around because I found one outside on the sidewalk last week. It was plump and healthy. However, NW WA is a bit warmer than Massachusetts in December.
… Lynette Elliott, 26 December, 2009 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
Thank you both for identifying this for me.
… mfkiely, 26 December, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

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