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What am I looking at? - Orgyia leucostigma
Copyright © 2013 Cathy Wilson

What am I looking at? - Orgyia leucostigma
Loudonvile, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
September 7, 2013
Ryan helped me ID a moth caterpillar on an outdoor table cloth . . .
It was on an outdoor patio table cloth at my sister-in-law's down the hill from us . .
She called me two days later to examine the cocoon that had formed where I'd photographed the caterpillar.
Wow. Is the moth in there?
I see the remnant paddles enmeshed in the outer strands. The moth is also called a Paddle Moth because of those.
Wow.
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Contributed by Cathy Wilson on 8 September, 2013 - 10:08am
Last updated 15 September, 2013 - 8:54pm

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… Charley Eiseman, 10 September, 2013 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

Cocoon
The pupa is definitely in there, it will hatch next summer. If you want you can collect the cocoon (carefully) and keep it at natural temperatures until the summer, when you can see the adult.
… Ryan St Laurent, 8 September, 2013 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Ryan . . . check this out !
What's going on ?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/842471/bgimage
… Cathy Wilson, 15 September, 2013 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much, Ryan .
We'll give it a try.
… Cathy Wilson, 8 September, 2013 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

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