Friday, October 27, 2023

Mystery Pupa

I found this thing while digging in an old raised bed where I used to grow raspberries but now grow goldenrod and poison ivy.

It is definitely alive. It wiggled slowly.

2023-10-27. Pupa 01
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(It's shiny with water because I rinsed the dirt off for the photos.)

2023-10-27. Pupa 02

2023-10-27. Pupa 03


I asked the nice people on the IN Nature Facebook group for ID help. The consensus is that it's a moth pupa, probably some kind of Sphinx moth.

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