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How to Identify a Promethea Silk Moth
It's not a butterfly — it's a moth! Learn how to identify the promethea silk moth, a beautifully patterned backyard visitor.
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IN THE GARDEN: It’s not a bird’s nest, but a moth’s cocoon
As you may recall from last week, a reader sent in a picture of a nest for identification.
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Characteristic cocoon with final instar larva and pupa of the alpine rose leaf-miner moth on Rhododendron ferrugineum (IMAGE)
Characteristic cocoon with final instar larva and pupa of the alpine rose leaf-miner moth on Rhododendron ferrugineum in Ardez, Graubünden, Switzerland. Alpine rose leaf-miner moth adults resting ...
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Spotlight: the Madagascan moon moth
The caterpillar, along with most others in the Saturniidae family, spins a silk cocoon. This is where it then spends its time as a pupa, the stage of development before the moth becomes an adult.