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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tussock Moths (Lymantriinae) » Orgyiini » Orgyia » White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 (Orgyia leucostigma)
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White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 - Orgyia leucostigma - female
Copyright © 2015 Nancy Kent

White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 - Orgyia leucostigma - Female
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
August 13, 2015
I have no idea what this is! It was on grass growing beside a retention pond.

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White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 - Orgyia leucostigma - female White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 - Orgyia leucostigma White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 - Orgyia leucostigma - female
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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 13 August, 2015 - 5:56pm
Last updated 21 December, 2015 - 3:20pm

Moved
Moved from Orgyiini.
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White-marked Tussock moth…
This is a reduced winged female with her eggs. Females are unable to fly, and the eggs are often covered in a protective froth like this.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 13 August, 2015 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much!
I'd read about the wingless female White-marked Tussock moth, but this is the first one I've seen. Fascinating!!!!
… Nancy Kent, 13 August, 2015 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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