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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) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Packardia » Jeweled Tailed Slug Moth - Hodges#4659 (Packardia geminata)
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Jeweled Tailed Slug Moth - Packardia geminata
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Jeweled Tailed Slug Moth - Packardia geminata
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 16, 2011
It was feeding on oak, and I can't seem to find a good match in Wagners book for this one.

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Jeweled Tailed Slug Moth - Packardia geminata slug caterpillar - Packardia geminata slug caterpillar parasite pupa - Packardia geminata
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Contributed by tom murray on 16 September, 2011 - 10:07pm
Last updated 18 September, 2019 - 4:23pm

Moved
Moved from Elegant Tailed Slug Moth.
… Ben Coulter, 18 September, 2019 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
Thanks J & J, it must be elegans, but doesn't show the dark green marks on its back. Maybe it's getting ready to pupate.
… tom murray, 17 September, 2011 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

Looks to us that it must be
something in Packardia, pg 39, likely elegans
… john and jane balaban, 17 September, 2011 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

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