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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Unidentified pupae & cocoons
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Moth pupae
Copyright © 2011 Dakota1709

Moth pupae
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
December 24, 2011
It doesn't seem to have setae sewn into it, and looks more like their are thin hairs woven into each other, very neatly.
The naked pupae is red-brown, approximately 2cm long, and when in it's "case" (cocoon), it's 3.5cm long.
There (was) a hole on the cocoon, and it was made like a tent over a stick.Under the "tent", the wood was cut perfectly, so the larvae may be able to bore/eat the wood..

Possibly an Io moth , Polyphemus moth, or some kind of tiger moth.

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Contributed by Dakota1709 on 24 December, 2011 - 3:08pm
Last updated 26 December, 2011 - 10:01am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 26 December, 2011 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

Image
Is this the same one you posted before?
… John R. Maxwell, 26 December, 2011 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

 
Yes it is..However I have a b
Yes it is..However I have a better description, and better quality photo
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Question
Where did you find it? In leaf litter, in a tree, in topsoil?
… Sara Tangren, 25 December, 2011 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
On a branch, which was on the
On a branch, which was on the ground.
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