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pupa - Spodoptera eridania
Copyright © 2009 Matt Edmonds

pupa - Spodoptera eridania
Pinellas County, Florida, USA
January 1, 2009
Size: 1 inch
I'm GUESSING this will be a moth???
I found this guy buried in the dirt while pulling grass in a flower bed.

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pupa - Spodoptera eridania moth - Spodoptera eridania
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 30 January, 2009 - 4:10pm
Last updated 20 March, 2018 - 7:36pm

Moved
Moved from Armyworms.
… Kyhl Austin, 20 March, 2018 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Prominent Moths.
… Steve Nanz, 2 January, 2011 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Pupae and Cocoons.
… Steve Nanz, 2 January, 2011 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

Moth pupa
I found a similar one last fall, see here. I am keeping it in a plastic cup half buried in the ground and covered by muslin fabric (actually old stocking). I hope to see the moth and figure out the species from there. I hope that you do the same.
… Beatriz Moisset, 30 January, 2009 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

 
emerged
Hi Beatriz,
This guy emerged yesterday. Here he is.

So fun to see the stages!
… Matt Edmonds, 7 February, 2009 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

 
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Hi,
Yes, I have him in a container as well. I'll post the adult if he emerges.
… Matt Edmonds, 30 January, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

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