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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths and caterpillars covered by fungus
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Fungus covered moth
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Fungus covered moth
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 27, 2009
This was under bark, and a mycologist friend, Larry Millman is going to try to put a name on the fungus. A species determination of the moth might be needed to get the exact fungus, as many of these fungi are species specific.
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Contributed by tom murray on 29 March, 2009 - 12:34pm
Last updated 16 November, 2012 - 4:42pm

Moth is a noctuid
Could be Lithophane.
… Kyhl Austin, 8 March, 2017 - 12:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 16 November, 2012 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

Try for DNA.....
.... a leg and the photo might be enough to get All-Leps Barcoding to try for an ID. Of course, the DNA might be compromised by now, but it's the only way I can think of to possibly ID the critter. I doubt it can be identified by visible characters.
… Bob Patterson, 29 March, 2009 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Bob,
I'll pass this info on to Larry. He's got the moth now.
… tom murray, 29 March, 2009 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

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