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Sighting 4569788

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth

Black Mountain

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth at Black Mountain - 1 May 2024
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth at Black Mountain - 1 May 2024
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth at Black Mountain - 1 May 2024
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth at Black Mountain - 1 May 2024
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Identification history

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth 3 May 2024 donhe
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth 2 May 2024 Hejor1

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4 comments

DianneClarke wrote:
   3 May 2024
Does the casing suggest Arctiinae or are there others that make these types of casings?
donhe wrote:
   3 May 2024
Maybe spider egg sac. Did you (carefully) dissect it?
Hejor1 wrote:
   4 May 2024
@donhe i'm sure it was a pupa - in person I could see the shiny shell with ridges. The detail is degraded in the photos on here, not sure why, so I've emailed you the originals.
DianneClarke wrote:
   4 May 2024
I think the system displays in lower resolution but if you click on "original" in the lower left corner, it displays the original.

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