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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) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Prolimacodes » Skiff Moth - Hodges#4671 (Prolimacodes badia)
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Parasitized Skiff Moth Cat - Prolimacodes badia
Copyright © 2014 Nancy Kent

Parasitized Skiff Moth Cat - Prolimacodes badia
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
September 8, 2014
I'm not sure what this is - found it on the underside of a sunflower leaf. About 10mm long? Looked as though a larva might be inside.
The "shell" was hard and was stuck tightly to the leaf.

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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 8 September, 2014 - 1:04pm
Last updated 24 November, 2014 - 11:06pm

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… john and jane balaban, 28 September, 2014 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a Skiff Moth that has been parasitized.
We don't think that will be a moth that emerges!
… john and jane balaban, 8 September, 2014 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Poor baby:>(
Thanks for solving my mystery, J & J!
… Nancy Kent, 8 September, 2014 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

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