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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Spilosomina » Hypercompe » Giant Leopard Moth - Hodges#8146 (Hypercompe scribonia)
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cocoon - Hypercompe scribonia
Copyright © 2010 Kelly Fiegle

cocoon - Hypercompe scribonia
Hoosier National Forest, Monroe County, Indiana, USA
June 11, 2008
I don't know whether this is a moth cocoon or something else. It was about 3 feet off the ground on the side of a building in the forest. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Contributed by Kelly Fiegle on 14 December, 2010 - 5:03am
Last updated 4 November, 2018 - 8:19pm

Moved
Moved from Tiger Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 4 November, 2018 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
This can always be frassed later if it's decided that it has no value to the guide. I'm personally curious to learn what other tiger moth caterpillars pupate in this fashion, without incorporating their hairs into the cocoon. Is this characteristic of Hypercompe? Or of Spilosomina? Or maybe several unrelated groups?
… Charley Eiseman, 21 December, 2010 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

Any votes
keep or frass?
… John R. Maxwell, 19 December, 2010 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

 
How about Hypercompe?
After looking through Hypercompe, I found two similar photos:

Would it be appropriate to move the photo to this genus? Or would it be a bad idea since the id is not certain?
… Kelly Fiegle, 21 December, 2010 - 4:34am login or register to post comments

so did you save this?
id like to see who comes out of this!
… Edna Woodward, 18 December, 2010 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Unfortunately
I didn't save it. It would've made id much easier, but since I didn't know whether it was a moth or something dangerous, I thought it best to leave it alone and let nature take its course.
… Kelly Fiegle, 19 December, 2010 - 3:37am login or register to post comments

looks like the caterpiller
was murdered by a parasite. probably a wasp. wooly bears and relataives use their hairs in the coccon, this looks like a dead cat and a wasp to me
… Edna Woodward, 14 December, 2010 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

 
Looks like a moth pupa to me
So it could just be the caterpillar's shed skin rather than a cocoon made of hairs.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 December, 2010 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably something in Arctiinae
Probably something in Arctiinae (Noctuidae).
… Dennis Haines, 14 December, 2010 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

 
yep
Looks somewhat like genus Hypercompe
… roar, 14 December, 2010 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Many thanks
to all of you for your time and insight!
… Kelly Fiegle, 15 December, 2010 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

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