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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Planthopper Parasites (Epipyropidae) » Fulgoraecia » Planthopper Parasite Moth - Hodges#4701 (Fulgoraecia exigua)
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Cocoon? - Fulgoraecia exigua
Copyright © 2014 Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover)

Cocoon? - Fulgoraecia exigua
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 28, 2013
I'm not sure if this is a cocoon or what it is. Ken said I should just post stuff, even if the pictures don't end up in the guide. :)

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Cocoon? - Fulgoraecia exigua Cocoon? - Fulgoraecia exigua
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Contributed by Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover) on 29 August, 2014 - 9:20am
Last updated 19 September, 2014 - 7:40pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 19 September, 2014 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

looks like a cocoon of the planthopper parasite moth
… metrioptera, 29 August, 2014 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I appreciate your help, Brandon. :) So, this is a moth cocoon?
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 29 August, 2014 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

 
yes
You can read about them here
… metrioptera, 29 August, 2014 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

 
There's no end...
...to what BugGuide people know, or what you can learn from this site. Thanks Brandon. Fascinating.
… Joe, 29 August, 2014 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

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