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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fairy Moths and kin (Adeloidea) » Leafcutter Moths (Incurvariidae) » Paraclemensia » Maple Leafcutter Moth - Hodges#0181 (Paraclemensia acerifoliella)
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Moving Leaf - Paraclemensia acerifoliella
Copyright © 2013 eweotter

Moving Leaf - Paraclemensia acerifoliella
Kammerer, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 17, 2013
Sitting at a picnic table under a Sycamore tree, I noticed what looked like pieces of leaves falling all over the place. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw one move. Upon further inspection, I saw the worm stick its head out, grab the tabletop and pull itself along, with the leaf in tow.
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Contributed by eweotter on 18 September, 2013 - 11:08am
Last updated 26 December, 2019 - 4:21pm

Moved
Moved from Fairy Moths and kin.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 December, 2019 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified microlep immature stages.
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… v belov, 27 September, 2013 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

Was there a sugar maple nearby?
This looks like what the maple leafcutter moth does, but it would be unusual for large numbers of them to be feeding on a sycamore. I have seen these occasionally on other trees, but always in small numbers and right next to a maple.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 September, 2013 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
This image was shot in a park
This image was shot in a park, with many different trees, so a Maple could have been near by.
… eweotter, 18 September, 2013 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

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