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Tiger moth cocoon.

Description:

Many pupas like this one (Arctiinae), were found attached to the leaves of the comenegro tree (Lonchocarpus costaricensis). The final ID is hard and still in process. :-)

30 Comments (1–25)

Daniel-CR
Daniel-CR 10 years ago

En buena hora, Manuel !

Saumya Wanniarachchi
Saumya Wanniarachchi 10 years ago

Amazing ! Congrats on the SOTD ! :)

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Congratulations.

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 10 years ago

This is beautiful. Congratulations on your SOTD Manuel :)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 10 years ago

Fantastic shot ! Congratulations, Manuel !!

Beautiful capture Manuel,congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing

Chamalka Dulmini
Chamalka Dulmini 10 years ago

Congratulations!

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Congrats on this interesting find!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Congratulations! Very interesting spotting.

namitha
namitha 10 years ago

Congratulations!!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Congratulations Manuel, a very lovely spotting!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Congratulations Manuel on your SOTD

Dilan Chathuranga
Dilan Chathuranga 10 years ago

Congratulations Manuel !!!

beaker98
beaker98 10 years ago

Absolutely incredible! Congrats on the SOTD!

Congratulations Manuel on this SOTD!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Felicidades !!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Felicidades Manuel! Excelente avistamiento!

Yasser
Yasser 10 years ago

PS you really have to add this spotting to our animal architecture mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082.... Just join the mission and then edit your spotting to add it to the mission. Congrats again!

Yasser
Yasser 10 years ago

Manuel, this incredible cocoon has been selected as Spotting of the Day! Congratulations! What an incredible structure. Thanks for sharing and we're very excited to have you as part of the community. We look forward to more wonderful spottings from Costa Rica!

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Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Very interesting cocoon structure!

dotun55
dotun55 10 years ago

...and a well-protected one. Interesting!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

(sorry Manuel - hijacked :-)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Would you mind commenting on these then please bayucca http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/175...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/816...
Thanks in advance.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Thanks for the link, Mark. Indeed similar one, but the structure let me still think of an Arctiinae. Plutellidae seems to have a more flattened "net-work". And as it seems also always on leaves or other protected sites
http://www.insectimages.org/browse/detai...
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/det...
http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/view...
http://www.infonet-biovision.org/print/c...
http://www.lepiforum.de/lepidopterenforu...

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 12, 2006
Submitted on Jan 2, 2014

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