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Latridiidae, perhaps Melanophthalma, pupa in American Bellflower fruit/seed pod
Copyright © 2021 MJ Hatfield

Latridiidae, perhaps Melanophthalma, pupa in American Bellflower fruit/seed pod
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 31, 2021
John van der Linden sent me a link to this moth larva in a fruit pod of American bellflower, Campanulastrum americanum.
but one sometimes counts

August 29, 2021: since I've seen more of this plant this year than in past years, I went looking for the larva and may have
found one larva but only one.


August 31, 2021: opened one pod to this pupa, put it into a gel cap
September 4, 2021: eyes and wings darkening
September 5, 2021: adult

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Latridiidae, perhaps Melanophthalma, pupa in American Bellflower fruit/seed pod Latridiidae, pupa Latridiidae, dorsal Latridiidae, frontal Latridiidae, with seeds
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 6 September, 2021 - 2:03pm
Last updated 25 December, 2023 - 11:41am

Moved
Moved from Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles.
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