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Lady beetle larva of some kind? - Fulgoraecia exigua

Lady beetle larva of some kind? - Fulgoraecia exigua
Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
August 24, 2017
Size: ~5mm
Found hanging a few feet off the ground from a single thread of silk from the trees above. Picked up a leaf to put it on to see what it was, then moved it to nearby foliage. This is the second one I've found, and both have done the same thing, which is park under the leaf I put them on and then change into this form. sanna_heid on iNaturalist linked me to this, saying it may be a beetle larva of some kind, such as a dusky lady beetle. Any ideas?

More pictures of this specimen here, and more from the first one here.

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Lady beetle larva of some kind? - Fulgoraecia exigua Lady beetle larva of some kind? - Fulgoraecia exigua Lady beetle larva of some kind? - Fulgoraecia exigua

Looks rather to be a moth

 
Oh wow!
That's awesome! This one has been a mystery to me all month. Thanks a bunch!

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