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Lep leaf wrap, plus egg (plus other) - Lascoria ambigualis

Lep leaf wrap, plus egg (plus other) - Lascoria ambigualis
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 11, 2014
I collected an undetermined moth larva wrapped in an undetermined plant leaf in the woods

In the center of the photo is a moth egg. Because there ended up being several caterpillars in this rearing, I was hesitant to connect the egg hatch/spore eating lep larvae to the adult. But given the adults that emerged, I think this is correct. I have since reared another Lascoria ambigualis from an egg which appears to match this egg.

This is the underside of the rolled leaf, rust aecial cups and spores. There always seems to be fly larvae in with rust spores and this was no exception. In the center of the photo is a fly larva.

Fly larvae here

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Lep leaf wrap, plus egg (plus other) - Lascoria ambigualis Lep egg on rust spores, dorsal - Lascoria ambigualis Lep egg on rust spores, lateral - Lascoria ambigualis Lep larva - Lascoria ambigualis Lep larva, 1 day old - Lascoria ambigualis Lep larva, ? 2nd instar - Lascoria ambigualis Lep larva, ? 2nd instar - Lascoria ambigualis Lep larva, ? 2nd instar - Lascoria ambigualis Herminiinae (Litter Moth), Ambiguous Moth - Lascoria ambigualis Herminiinae (Litter Moth), Ambiguous Moth - Lascoria ambigualis Herminiinae (Litter Moth), Ambiguous Moth - Lascoria ambigualis Herminiinae (Litter Moth), Ambiguous Moth - Lascoria ambigualis Herminiinae (Litter Moth), Ambiguous Moth - Lascoria ambigualis Herminiinae (Litter Moth), Ambiguous Moth - Lascoria ambigualis Herminiinae (Litter Moth), Ambiguous Moth larva in leaf wrap - Lascoria ambigualis Herminiinae (Litter Moth), Ambiguous Moth - Lascoria ambigualis - female Herminiinae (Litter Moth), Ambiguous Moth - Lascoria ambigualis - female

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