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Cocoon and lacunana? (1 Viewer)

Brian Stone

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A couple of confirmations.

The cocoon was fairly easy to find on the scottish west coast a couple of weeks ago. It is fairly large. Fox Moth?

And is the micro just another Celypha lacunana? Or could it be Orthotaenia undulana?
 

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brianhstone said:
A couple of confirmations.

The cocoon was fairly easy to find on the scottish west coast a couple of weeks ago. It is fairly large. Fox Moth?

And is the micro just another Celypha lacunana? Or could it be Orthotaenia undulana?
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Hello Brian,
What your first picture shows in the cocoon of a Drinker Moth, The Fox Moth cocoons are much longer and a very dirty grey in appearance and are sited very low down in dense vegetation and difficult to find, even when you are specifically looking for them.

I have attached a poor picture of a Fox Moth cocoon, it's much longer than the actual pupae it contains.

Harry
 

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