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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Macroglossinae » Dilophonotini » Hemaris » Hummingbird Clearwing - Hodges#7853 (Hemaris thysbe)
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Sphinx moth chrysallis? - Hemaris thysbe
Copyright © 2006 Tom Bentley

Sphinx moth chrysallis? - Hemaris thysbe
Reed Turner Woodland, Lake County, Illinois, USA
August 15, 2006
Size: ~3cms
This was found on a bush that also had a sphinx moth caterpillar on it. Is this its chrysallis or cocoon?
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 15 August, 2006 - 11:05pm
Last updated 17 August, 2006 - 11:13am

In case any doubt remains,
In case any doubt remains, Charley is right. This is an Aleiodes mummy from which the adult has yet to eclose. Shed skins are not inflated.
… jim sogaard, 15 April, 2020 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

A Hemaris pupa...
should look something like this. I believe this is a victim of a braconid mummy-wasp, Aleiodes texanus.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 December, 2008 - 10:54pm login or register to post comments

 
I found out later this was ac
I found out later this was actually the skin from when it shedded as it was growing from one instar to the next.
… Tom Bentley, 16 December, 2008 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

 
Oh, I see.
I saw your other comment but somehow missed the "old skin" part. Well, if you ever see something that looks exactly like this but is hard and has a round (exit) hole in it, that's what's going on! (Strange that a shed skin would be all puffed-out like that... Usually caterpillar skins are flat and insubstantial, but I haven't seen a Hemaris skin.)
… Charley Eiseman, 16 December, 2008 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

After going back and looking
After going back and looking closely, I know now this was a Hummingbird Clearwing - Hodges#7853 (Hemaris thysbe) old skin. Here he is after shedding:

… Tom Bentley, 16 August, 2006 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

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