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Pine False Webworm - Acantholyda erythrocephala - Acantholyda erythrocephala

Pine False Webworm - Acantholyda erythrocephala - Acantholyda erythrocephala
Ganaraska, Ontario, Canada
June 28, 2005
These are eonymphs collected from the soil beneath the pine trees in the plantation. The last-instar larvae drop to the soil and burrow to a maximum depth of 9 cm, usually more like 5 cm. They mold earthen cells and enter summer diapause as eonymphs. Most of them emerge in the fall as pronymphs, but many remain in diapause for years.

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