Unknown Sand Pupae

crotermund · Post by **crotermund** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:57 pm

I'm not sure what this belongs to, but it seemed pretty cool.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:52 pm

How big? Where did you find it? Do you plan to keep it around and see what comes out?

--Rik

crotermund · Post by **crotermund** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:59 pm

Hey there Rik -
It is about 1 inch, I found it on top of the sand, and I did keep it. However, it is so light that it feels empty as if whatever was inside may be gone.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue May 22, 2007 9:39 pm

On top of the sand and very light -- yep, bad signs!

The word "sand" and something about the appearance reminded me of Hemileuca -- the Buck and Sheep moths. The adults are pretty spectacular. Size doesn't rule these out. But I don't have any actual pupae to compare against, and doing anything by memory is a fool's errand!

--Rik

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:07 am

Rik wrote, and talk about quotes!

...doing anything by memory is a fool's errand!

It would be interesting to know for sure what this is and what it would have or might have became. Interesting

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:25 am

Excellent photo Craig. You captured the right side of the pupa, very nice and sharp with great DOF and the sand is very beautiful