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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Nystaleinae » Dasylophia » Black-spotted Prominent - Hodges#7957 (Dasylophia anguina)
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Black-spotted prominent - Dasylophia anguina
Copyright © 2013 MJ Hatfield

Black-spotted prominent - Dasylophia anguina
John's Prairie, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
July 12, 2013
Size: 2.5 cm
It's having some head/head capsule issues.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 12 July, 2013 - 10:16pm
Last updated 27 January, 2014 - 9:25am

Just looks like it is
getting ready to molt. Seems pretty normal, no? Or are you thinking it is getting stuck in the old capsule.
… john and jane balaban, 12 July, 2013 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Actually I wasn't sure.
But now I am. It was a normal molt. It is fresh this morning.
I'd not seen this before and wasn't entirely convinced that I hadn't done something disruptive while sweeping.
… MJ Hatfield, 13 July, 2013 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

 
Does it look different
with its new clothes? :)
… john and jane balaban, 13 July, 2013 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

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