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Hypercompe scribonia
Hollow black casing with some spiky black hairs on one end. Several found attached to oak tree trunks, some kind of caterpillar casing/larvae casing?
Spotted on Feb 5, 2011
Submitted on Jan 6, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks, Keith...I think you're right: http://bugguide.net/node/view/283517/bgi...
I would guess the fuzzy part is the shed last larval skin of a caterpillar and the bottom part is the pupal casing. Maybe a Giant Leopard Moth?