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Photo#614747
Autographa sp. - Autographa pasiphaeia

Autographa sp. - Autographa pasiphaeia
Trabuco Cyn, Orange County, California, USA
February 18, 2012
Fairly sure this is Autographa pasiphaeia.

Collected 2-3-12 as pupae in nettle leaf(possibly Stachys sp.) along with a caterpillar:

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Moved
Moved from Autographa.

Autographa pasiphaeia looks likely
but researching this more.
Thanks

 
Here is the other individual (from caterpillar collected at same time):

Not the same specimen
They shouldn't be linked as same specimen if they are not. Use [thumb:#] instead, where # is the number at the top, eg. 614747.
Or, is this the same as the pupa and the dates are wrong?

 
Specimens
They(pupae + caterpillar) were collected in the same leaf on 2-3-12, the caterpillar formed a pupae a few days after collection. Moth eclosed from the pupae (collected) yesterday and I am waiting on the second pupae (from the caterpillar) to eclose. I removed the date from the photo and added it to the comments.

I originally posted a photo of the pupae right after collection here, that is my basis for being fairly certain they are the same species.

 
Specimen, species
It doesn't matter if they are the same species. You don't link different individuals or different specimens as if they were the same, even if you are sure that they are the same species. It is correct to keep the dates on the data fields if those are the collection dates or the date on which the adult emerged. In fact that is what you should do.
What is needed here is to unlink the different individuals. A comment about the fact that they were all found on the same plant or the same spot is valuable.

 
I broke them up, seems a bit odd to do it this way but not my site. I might add an image of just the lone pupae from the caterpillar but likely will just wait for the adult moth. I frassed the image of both pupae.

Thanks for the clarification.

 
Linking
Linking different individuals creates confusion. That is why it is important to avoid it. But you could use thumbnails for cross reference ([thumb:#]. In fact, this is advisable, because we don't want to lose relevant information. There are many examples throughout the guide. There is no need to frass the other pupae, just use the thumbnails to relate it to the rest of the group of images.

 
I think everything is sorted
I think everything is sorted out now with relevant dates, info, and links. I cropped individual pupae out of the image I frassed and placed them accordingly. Seemed a bit less confusing to me as I originally had it, but I understand where it could cause confusion in most cases.

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