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brown pointed larva (moth pupa)

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Thank you all somuch for the info
by: Fillup

My wife and I just made an investment and bought our first home. We were excited, however, in the midst of our excitement the insect inspector told us that the house had termites. We got that problem taken care of before moving in. A month after moving in we had a bad rain storm and thought that it would be best to move the blankets in the corner to a higher elevated area so bugs wouldn't nest there from the rain. Underneath the pile I found this little guy. My first thought, rat droppings! But then after relizing the look and shape I thought it to be somekind of termite. But I soon found this post. Thank you so much!!! Rather deal with a moth the termite.
Moth Pupa
by: Moni

Allen Adam
Thanks for looking but as I have said...many moth pupae look the same. There is NO way to know which moth that photo is of except to rear it to an adult. Plain and simple truth.
Mystery Solved!
by: Allen Adam

I found one myself and there are four of those species here in North America, they are native to the Israeli and Middle Eastern regions! I googled day and night and after searching this article helped.
http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/hthysbe.htm
MOTH PUPA
by: Moni

Jeremiah Jenkins
FYI - You are not only can't read - see below but are just plain WRONG!

As I mention in the comment at the bottom of this page, this is NOT a larva, it is a pupa. This pupa will turn into a moth. Pupa do not eat anything. Pupa are a resting/changing stage of an insect. At this point in the insects development it changes from worm to pupa to moth.

Read more: http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/brown-pointed-larva-moth-pupa-comments.html#ixzz1NbVHPHI7
Identified
by: Jeremiah Jenkins

This is a female Luna Moth larvae .
Pupa
by: Moni

Rhonda
As I mention in the comment at the bottom of this page, this is NOT a larva, it is a pupa. This pupa will turn into a moth. Pupa do not eat anything. Pupa are a resting/changing stage of an insect. At this point in the insects development it changes from worm to pupa to moth.

Since we only have a photo of the pupa....which can NOT be identified any further... we have no idea what it is, so we do not know if it is a pest or beneficial or just a moth - which may not do anything as far as our gardens are concerned.

Just leave them alone for now. If you see some kind of damage or an insect of question send us a photo.
Lots of them
by: rhonda

I found these in my garden and How do I get rid of them? Will they harm my flowers? I found quite a bit this season. Have never seen them before in my garden.
Moth pupa
by: Moni

Jennifer
The mucus that you found inside the pupa is all the cells that regroup from the larva stage to the moth...interesting how it turns to mush then reorganizes into a totally different looking critter!
The worms you found while dissecting were from a fly or wasp that was parasitizing the moth pupa. The eggs were probably laid in the larva and hatched sometime between stages.
Would be interesting to see what develops?
The black dot you said was on the end that moved means it was probably fly larvae and those are the mouth parts.
If you have a college with an entomology department nearby, you could take the video there and see if they could tell you more.

Thanks for being so interested that you dissected it to see what was there!
moth pupa
by: Moni

Maria
As I mention in the comment at the bottom of this page, this is NOT a larva, it is a pupa. This pupa will turn into a moth. Pupa do not eat anything. Pupa are a resting/changing stage of an insect. At this point in the insects development it changes from worm to moth.

Since we only have a photo of the pupa....which can NOT be identified any further... we have no idea what it is you want to control.
Please send us a photo of the moth or worm(larva). THEN, perhaps we can help you to throw it off. :-)
little brown creatures
by: Maria

Hi from Greece/Athens, this little brown creature eats my carpets, curtains, pillow cases etc. My country house have many of this. I dont know the name of it but I know for sure that made a lot of damages. How can I throw off these brown larva?
moth pupa
by: Moni

Gabriela
Did you send in a photo of your larvae for ID?
I keep finding these too.
by: Gabriela

I've been trying to identify this larvae as well. I garden a lot and keep finding them. I'm going to try to keep one to see what it turns into.
I found one too!
by: Jennifer

My husband found it burried in the ground, and the pointy part was partially out of the dirt. We put it on the table, and the point started moving in a circular motion. We thought that something was inside it, so I put on gloves and sliced it open with a razor blade. At first I cut the end with no point, and it looked like a giant booger, than as I got closer to the tip it looked like yellow mustard mixed with a white mucas. It moved the whole time, and it stopped moving when I pulled all the mucas stuff out. In the mucas was about 10 baby white worms in it, and each worm had a little black dot on the end that moved. Oh yeah the worms moved too. The worms are about an 1/8 of an inch long. I also took a video of it moving before I cut it, and then I took a video of the mess, and the little worms. I couldn't hold the camera while I was dissecting it.
Moth pupa
by: Moni

Chris
Your photo is of a moth pupa.
Hard to tell which one in that stage of development....many look like that when in the pupal stage. Keep it in a jar covered with a paper towel or cloth with a slightly moist paper towel on top of the pupa and a stick for it to climb on when it emerges...so it has some thing to cling to, to fill out its wings. Then take a photo and send it in, so we all know what you found!.

Many moths in the family Noctuidae look like that so that would be my guess....but as there are sooooo... many moths with that kind of pupa case...it is a guess.

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