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Photo#630073
Copyright © 2012
metrioptera
Pupa
Tatnic Hills Preserve, Wells, York County, Maine, USA
April 15, 2012
Size: 1.4 cm
Found under a log.
Contributed by
metrioptera
on 15 April, 2012 - 6:35pm
Last updated 11 October, 2014 - 10:23am
Something similar in
my back garden. The black and tan pod I found felt dried out and empty. I dropped it into a container with two tan colored pods found the days before.
New to me, then find three in three days.
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Steve McKechnie
, 15 June, 2017 - 11:49pm
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John S. Ascher
, 11 October, 2014 - 10:23am
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Charley Eiseman
, 12 May, 2012 - 10:30am
Did you save it?
I found something similar once, but it had already eclosed. I think it's some sort of hymenopteran cocoon.
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Charley Eiseman
, 16 April, 2012 - 8:20am
Yes I did!
When I first saw it, I thought it looked a bit like a campoplegine cocoon, but it seemed too big. I'm planning to raise it.
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metrioptera
, 16 April, 2012 - 8:25am
Great!
Yes, definitely too big for that. I'm thinking the paler middle is discoloration rather than part of the original design, but I could be wrong.
...Actually, taking a closer look, it seems like that might be some other material attached to the cocoon?
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Charley Eiseman
, 16 April, 2012 - 8:29am