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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Flannel Moths (Megalopygidae) » Megalopyge » Southern Flannel Moth - Hodges#4647 (Megalopyge opercularis) » Megalopyge bissesa (Megalopyge opercularis bissesa)
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Megalopyge bissesa eggs - Megalopyge opercularis
Copyright © 2018 Salvador Vitanza

Megalopyge bissesa eggs - Megalopyge opercularis
Brown Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 20, 2018
Size: 25 mm
I captured the moth in a clean plastic container. The following day, three egg masses were attached to the inside wall of the container. This is one of the egg masses.

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Female, Megalopyge bissesa - Megalopyge opercularis - female Female, Megalopyge bissesa - Megalopyge opercularis - female Female, Megalopyge bissesa - Megalopyge opercularis - female Female, Megalopyge bissesa - Megalopyge opercularis - female Megalopyge bissesa eggs - Megalopyge opercularis
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 22 July, 2018 - 2:52pm
Last updated 14 April, 2020 - 3:23pm

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