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From caterpillar on wild ginger - Herpetogramma aeglealis
Copyright © 2010 Beatriz Moisset

From caterpillar on wild ginger - Herpetogramma aeglealis
Opossum Creek Retreat, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA
June 1, 2010
Size: ~14 mm, wingspan: ~30 mm
It pupated and emerged when I was away so I missed all the fun. It is still alive and kicking; really kicking that is how it lost its dorsal scales. I had to sedate it a little in fact. It would be nice to know who feeds on wild ginger, besides pipevine swallowtail, that is.
To my untrained eye it looks like a pyralid.

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 1 June, 2010 - 8:00pm
Last updated 10 March, 2019 - 9:54am

Moved
Moved from Crambid Snout Moths.
… Paul Dennehy, 23 January, 2014 - 9:06pm

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Moved from Moths.
… Chris Grinter, 30 July, 2010 - 2:30pm

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… Beatriz Moisset, 15 June, 2010 - 7:04am

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