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Yucca cocoon - Prodoxus decipiens
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Yucca cocoon - Prodoxus decipiens
Pelham, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Here is the brown cocoon sac the wriggling pupa emerged from. It looks similar to the sacs the larvae had holed up in inside the yucca stalks.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 25 March, 2006 - 3:43pm
Last updated 20 April, 2008 - 9:19pm

Moved
Moved from Tegeticula yuccasella complex.
… Jim McClarin, 18 May, 2007 - 5:13am

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