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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Idia » Rotund Idia Moth - Hodges#8326 (Idia rotundalis)
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caterpillar - Idia rotundalis
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

caterpillar - Idia rotundalis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
December 30, 2011
Size: 7mm
Found in a wasp nest that was inside a bird box.
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Contributed by tom murray on 30 December, 2011 - 2:58pm
Last updated 20 January, 2012 - 7:23pm

OK, we'll leave Corey a note, but meanwhile
how about this one?? :)
… john and jane balaban, 23 January, 2012 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

 
This looks like a mature caterpillar
ready to pupate. Idia rotundalis has mature caterpillars from spring into summer, and thisn is in the fall. So I'm wondering if this is Idia americalis with mature caterpillars year round.
… tom murray, 23 January, 2012 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

Here's another one for you to stare at!
… john and jane balaban, 23 January, 2012 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe the same
but my eyes hurt from trying to get it in focus.
… tom murray, 23 January, 2012 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

See what you think of
this one
… john and jane balaban, 21 January, 2012 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like Idia rotundalis to me
A few of the look alikes can be eliminated by the lack of a dorsal stripe. And I. americalis doesn't show the dark thorax behind the head.
… tom murray, 21 January, 2012 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
Looks good, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
… tom murray, 20 January, 2012 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

rotundalis is the same one
we were eyeballin'!
… john and jane balaban, 20 January, 2012 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Idia? Renia?
Wonder what the differences are?
… john and jane balaban, 20 January, 2012 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

 
I like Rotund Idia
The dark thoracic shield matches well, plus the northern range listed for the Chocolate Renia is along the SE coast. I'm in north central Massachusetts.
… tom murray, 20 January, 2012 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

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