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Wood critter - Nymphalis antiopa
Copyright © 2014 Dan Norris

Wood critter - Nymphalis antiopa
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
June 9, 2014
Size: 1.25" long, .50" high
Found attached to piece of split wood while moving firewood. Strongly attached by the white filament out of rear end. Back end wiggles last 3 segments as if trying to swim. When torso is touched, it wiggles rear end. Torso feels hard like a shell. Spikes have a red tip. No mouth or eyes visible.

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Contributed by Dan Norris on 11 June, 2014 - 8:24pm
Last updated 19 November, 2014 - 8:37am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 19 November, 2014 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2014 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa

You might try taping or glueing the silk pad back onto a stick so it can hang the way it did before (if you glue, use something non-toxic like white school glue). Sometimes when they aren't attached anymore, the butterfly can't pull out of the shell properly when it is ready, and ends up deformed.
… David J. Ferguson, 13 June, 2014 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

place it in a container
with a stick propped up in it so the emergent butterfly can hang to inflate its wings. and it will eclose at the correct time and you will see who it is! very fun!
… Edna Woodward, 11 June, 2014 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

Chrysalis of some kind.
Here's a similar one:



Hold on to find out what others have to say.

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 June, 2014 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

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