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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tussock Moths (Lymantriinae) » Orgyiini » Orgyia » Rusty Tussock Moth - Hodges#8308 (Orgyia antiqua)
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Adult Female - Orgyia antiqua - female
Copyright © 2012 John Sloan

Adult Female - Orgyia antiqua - Female
Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada
August 27, 2012
I assume this is a wingless female moth laying eggs on the outside of the pupa she recently emerged from. I found her on the back of a plastic lawn chair I had set in long grass under a willow tree.

Total number of eggs she eventually laid: 334

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Contributed by John Sloan on 27 August, 2012 - 3:31pm
Last updated 27 September, 2017 - 4:10pm

Moved
Moved from Orgyia.
… Bob Biagi, 27 September, 2017 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Thanks!
… John Sloan, 31 August, 2012 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

Orygia female…
Resembles a Rusty Tussock female with her egg mass. The description mentions the light gray-brown coloration and short bipectinate antennae that this female seems to possess. Coincidentally, the eggs look similar, and the caterpillars would be able to feed on willow leaves if given the chance. Nice set of images, John.

Similar appearing images can be found here.

See BG reference here.
… Ross Hill, 27 August, 2012 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

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