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Project Noah Nature School
19-year-old health science/microbiology student, lepidopterist, and all-around biology enthusiast. I enjoy identifying insect species.
Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee
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You're welcome. I had never seen anything like it in the US before. It's interesting.
It looks like a leaf-footed bug, and it looks like you've found it in the process of molting - shedding its skin between phases of development, the same way a snake sheds its skin. The leaf-footed bug almost never bites humans, and its bite is not known to be life-threatening. While it's molting, it most likely wouldn't try to bite anyone, anyway. If you're concerned about kids or pets, just make sure they don't bother it, and it should wander off on its own eventually. I hope this helps.
I think it's a Tortricid moth, possibly from the genus Sparganothis.
You're welcome. I don't think I've seen one of those in person. Perhaps they don't live this far south. I like Sphinx moths, though, so now I'm going to be on the look-out for these.
