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Cocoon ID Please - Lophocampa caryae
Copyright © 2013 wingedmary

Cocoon ID Please - Lophocampa caryae
Crittenden, Grant County, Kentucky, USA
March 30, 2013
Size: about an inch
This cocoon was attached to this piece of bark found on the old-growth woods floor in the leaf litter. Do you know what bug?
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Contributed by wingedmary on 4 April, 2013 - 9:47pm
Last updated 21 April, 2013 - 1:12pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 April, 2013 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

looks like
a tiger moth..if you kept it you can find out who it is
… Edna Woodward, 4 April, 2013 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

 
I would guess hickory tussock moth
… Charley Eiseman, 6 April, 2013 - 7:02am login or register to post comments

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