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We found this bug in our front yard this morning. My husband screamed and ran to get the camera. Can you tell us what it is?
Thanks,
Amy Lutero
Richmond, Virginia
Hi Amy,
I hope your husband has stopped screaming and is standing ready with the camera. You have a newly metamorphosed Virginian Anisota, Anisota virginiensis, a female. The moths pupate in the ground without a cocoon. The caterpillar feeds on oaks. As the name implies, the moth is local for you, ranging throughout the Appalacians from Canada to the Carolinas, and occasionally as far West as Kansas and Missouri. The wings will expand with time, and if you are ready with the camera, you should have a lovely photo of the fully matured and flight ready moth, who will soon have male suitors attracted to her.
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