Moth-Bee-Caterpillar - Coloradia pandora

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Buck and Io Moths (Hemileucinae) » Hemileucini » Coloradia » Pandora Moth - Hodges#7724 (Coloradia pandora) » Coloradia pandora pandora

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Copyright © 2008 KimberRice

Moth-Bee-Caterpillar - Coloradia pandora -

East shore of Union Valley Reservoir at Fashoda campground, El Dorado National Forest County, California, USA
August 13, 2008
Size: 3" long, 1" diameter

We found this bug on the ground around 11 in the morning. The segmented abdomen does not have any legs attached. The only legs on it were 6 on the front that were the same yellow you see on the abdomen. They look like the legs on a bumblebee. It has 2 pairs of 'wings'. The fuzzy grey pair attached at the front of the head and the fuzzy pink pair underneath attached almost at the same place. Besides the antenna and the legs, it also seemed to have a pair of large mandibles. It didn't move too well. It dragged itself using the front legs.

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Contributed by KimberRice on 15 August, 2008 - 12:07pm
Last updated 15 December, 2011 - 1:27am

Moved

Moved from Pandora Moth.

… David J. Ferguson, 15 December, 2011 - 1:28am

The moth is not deformed -

It is the Pandora Pine-moth and far as I've seen, this is normal. It is only trying to wander until its wings are fully developed after eclosing. There could possibly be something wrong with its legs, but otherwise everything seems rather normal.

… Illia-Shaundra Chavez, 15 August, 2008 - 2:08pm

Moth, deformed.

Sometimes, moths don't emerge properly from the pupal stage, and the wings don't inflate. That is the case here with this giant silkmoth, family Saturniidae.

… Eric R. Eaton, 15 August, 2008 - 1:12pm

Thanks!

Thank you very much for satisfying our curiosity. We thought it best to leave it where we found it. Will the moth survive in it's current form for very long?

… KimberRice, 15 August, 2008 - 1:49pm

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