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Acronicta vulpina - female
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Acronicta vulpina - Female
Pine Brook, Isanti County, Minnesota, USA
May 18, 2012
Female to BL in swamp gave about 10 eggs hatched by morning of May 27 and fed trembling aspen. First two cat photos of unknown instar taken June 11. Third cat photo of presumed final instar taken June 16. By June 20 all turned dark gray (prepupal). First adult eclosed May 16, 2013 (second adult photo). Unclear to what degree variable presence or conspicuousness of hair pencils is instar, inter-individual variation, or loss related.

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Contributed by jim sogaard on 26 September, 2018 - 7:05am
Last updated 26 September, 2018 - 8:51am

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