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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Planthopper Parasites (Epipyropidae) » Fulgoraecia » Planthopper Parasite Moth - Hodges#4701 (Fulgoraecia exigua)
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Hanging by a thread - Fulgoraecia exigua
Copyright © 2010 Beatriz Moisset

Hanging by a thread - Fulgoraecia exigua
Pennypack Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 19, 2010
Size: 4-5 mm
I found a caterpillar on August 13 just like
hanging from a tree by a thread. I took it home and put it in a container with paper towels and covered by mesh. It refused the substrate I provided and climbed to the top where it proceeded to hang from a thread once again. Eventually it made this cocoon.

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 3 September, 2010 - 2:59pm
Last updated 5 January, 2019 - 2:51pm

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