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False Hemlock Looper pupa  - Nepytia canosaria

False Hemlock Looper pupa - Nepytia canosaria
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 1, 2009
Size: 11mm
This pupa is on white pine, and it looks like the caterpillar built a web around the pupal case.
I hope to see what this turns into.

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False Hemlock Looper pupa  - Nepytia canosaria False Hemlock Looper  - Nepytia canosaria

: )
I thought that they were onions growing out of the ground. I couldn't understand why you would put the image sideways.

 
Actually
I probably should have had it facing down. That would have really confused your onion theory:-)

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how large is it? its beautif
how large is it?
its beautiful and matches the needles perfect great find.

 
I just measured it
and it's 11mm. I'll have to keep looking in the pine needles to see what else is in there.

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