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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) » Royal Moths (Ceratocampinae) » pupae
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Unknown egg sac
Copyright © 2010 joe81380

Unknown egg sac
gloucester County, New Jersey, USA
May 8, 2010
Size: about 1" 1/2
Found half burried under a large tree. No legs and did not move. Egg sac?
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Contributed by joe81380 on 9 May, 2010 - 5:05pm
Last updated 9 October, 2020 - 10:09pm

Eacles imperialis (?)
The long cremaster (tail spine) and rough surface (fine spiny surface to the back) is more indicative of Eacles than Citheronia
… Bill Reynolds, 30 November, 2011 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

Eacles imperialis (?)
Moved from Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths.
… Bill Reynolds, 30 November, 2011 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths.
… Bill Reynolds, 30 November, 2011 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 27 June, 2010 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

Pupa of some kind.
I'm thinking moth, but don't hold me to that. Wait and see what others have to say.

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 May, 2010 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

 
could it be this perhaps - Giant Leopard Moth
Hypercompe scribonia - If the dug up one was a little bit cleaner, I wonder if it might look close to this? Possibly Genus Hypercompe.

… Andrew Williams, 9 May, 2010 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Not a leopard...
This appears to be a saturniid moth pupa, most likely Citheronia regalis, compare to pictures of this species I sent to Whats That Bug: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/04/14/regal-moth-pupa/

Also, if you could say what type of tree this was found under, that could help as well.
… Ryan St Laurent, 9 May, 2010 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

 
saturniid moth pupa
Thanks. I think that might be it. It is under a maple tree.
… joe81380, 10 May, 2010 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

 
Maple..
Well maple isn't a host of Citheronia regalis, but it may have wandered from a nearby tree (they feed on hickories, walnuts, sweetgum, persimmon, among others), the moth with a similar pupa, Eacles imperialis does feed on maple however...
… Ryan St Laurent, 10 May, 2010 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Sweetgum
There is a Sweetgum tree in my front yard and I'm sure more in the wooded area behind my house. Thanks again.
… joe81380, 11 May, 2010 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

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