I actually found this in the hills of Southern Ohio last fall. I was waiting to photograph and share it until AFTER I had identified it... So, I think I have it! I found another blogger -
Biodiverse Gardens - who had found the exact same thing in a similar habitat. I will let you click through to her site to see what the moth looks like because it seems wrong for me to copy the picture after the help I got from this other blog in identifying the cocoon!
BTW, as usual on Wednesdays, I am linking to
Michelle at Nature Notes - see the button below. (The website is Rambling Woods, and Nature Notes is the meme.) It is really fun; you should check it out :)
Lovely photos, as well as good nature notes!
ReplyDeleteGreat shot of the cocoon. It almost looks like thick cloth.
ReplyDeleteVery cool, finding a cocoon and getting an identification, too.
ReplyDeleteI love solving a nature mystery and love that you shared this cool find for Nature Notes Libby...
ReplyDeleteGood that you could identify the cocoon. Nice photos!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool find, great shots..Thanks for sharing, I hope you are having a great day!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen that!
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing
I love the photos, you composed them so flawlessly
I love that you found it and identified it -- I'm trying to work on butterfly id -- haven't even begun to learn to find and identify the cocoons.....thank you -- great photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Do you know how I've been identifying a lot of things...I just go to google and type in a description of the thing and then hit "images" and just troll around the pics till I find a winner!
DeleteLibby what a great find and a gorgeous moth...I will now know what it is if I see one...
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