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wingless moth with eggs - Alsophila pometaria - female
Copyright © 2014 Stuart Tingley

wingless moth with eggs - Alsophila pometaria - Female
Cocagne: Cormierville, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada
November 25, 2014
I wasn't at all sure what this was when I photographed it. I was suspecting it to be a spider until I reviewed the images on my laptop this evening. I'm now guessing that it is a wingless female moth with her eggs? This was taken on the outside of my shed wall on this unseasonably mild late November day in southeastern New Brunswick (+17C).
Contributed by Stuart Tingley on 25 November, 2014 - 9:28pm
Last updated 15 November, 2017 - 7:53pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Stuart Tingley, 26 November, 2014 - 7:46am

Fall Cankerworm Moth
Alsophila pometaria Hodge's #6258 seems a likely match?
… Stuart Tingley, 25 November, 2014 - 9:49pm

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