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Mourning Cloak - Hodges#4432 (Nymphalis antiopa)
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Copyright © 2018
fritz Mueller
black mass of dead looking, non moving bodies; whatever it is had stripped a small willow tree of all leaves in 1 week. -
Nymphalis antiopa
Sharon hills,1100ft, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
July 26, 2018
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Contributed by
fritz Mueller
on 12 December, 2018 - 3:06pm
Last updated 20 April, 2019 - 11:34am
Difficult to say
but wonder if they were Mourning Cloaks
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john and jane balaban
, 12 December, 2018 - 3:53pm
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mourning cloak larvae
to J&J Balaban: thank you; you are likely correct; I have no clue why they were all obviously dead and disheveled. Somebody must have found a way to feed on them?
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fritz Mueller
, 12 December, 2018 - 10:24pm
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I would guess these are the r
I would guess these are the remnants of the brood molting. That's what the hand-held stuff looks like to me.
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Bill Dempwolf
, 2 January, 2019 - 7:27am
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