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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Macrurocampa » Mottled Prominent - Hodges#7975 (Macrurocampa marthesia)
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Macrurocampa Marthesia, ready to pupate! - Macrurocampa marthesia
Copyright © 2009 JoLynn Self

Macrurocampa Marthesia, ready to pupate! - Macrurocampa marthesia
Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA
July 7, 2009
My kids found this.
Thank you for helping me find out what this little guy is.
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Contributed by JoLynn Self on 18 October, 2009 - 10:50am
Last updated 18 October, 2009 - 4:05pm

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… john and jane balaban, 18 October, 2009 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

Notodontidae
The pink color is usually an indication it is ready to pupate. With narrow dorsal stripe and light slant stripes on the sides lead us to suggest Macrurocampa marthesia
… john and jane balaban, 18 October, 2009 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Macrurocampa Marthesia, ready to pupate!
Thank you so much. I would have never of thought of it being green before red.
Thanks.....
… JoLynn Self, 18 October, 2009 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

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