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Cyana sp.
13mm moth pupa found on topside of a leaf in secondary Malaysia jungle. Pupa is surrounded by a cage of bristles (possibly remnants of the caterpillar?) Awesome! Pupa is suspended inside this cage of bristles like a hammock by strands of silky strings.
secondary jungle. Malaysia low lying shrubs
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Spotted on Jul 31, 2016
Submitted on Aug 1, 2016
8 Comments
Thanks for the mission suggestion, @Ava T-B!
Added to the mission!
Please add this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...
thank you @LisaPowers!
Terrific spotting!
Hi Lauren,
your description of a "basket" helped me narrow down my search on Google.
Finally found the name for this beauty:
It's a moth from the Arctiinae subfamily, from the cyana sp.
thanks so much!!
Hi Lauren!
Awesome pics you have!
I found this youtube of a tussock moth recycling its bristles into a similar but denser basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFDKeMGF...
Hi FakawiTribe, I found something similar to yours in Mexico, the basket is somewhat different, but the pupa is similar. A Geometrid moth had just emerged. (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/860...).
i know of certain tussock moths using their urticating bristles to build a cocoon this way.
This could possibly be a moth pupa.
ID, anyone?