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Sarahskeeper
Brockton, MA
(Zone 6a)
April 30, 2008
6:07 PM Post #4888724
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I've seen these all my life and wondered what they will turn into.
About an inch long.
Andy P
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claypa
West Pottsgrove, PA
(Zone 6b)
May 2, 2008
9:20 PM Post #4898857
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Lots of moths pupate under or near the surface of the ground and look like that, especially sphynx moths. Some much larger moths do that too. I found one last year when I was planting bulbs, almost the size of my little finger. Kind of sad, it was cut with the trowel. |
DonnaB
Vancleave, MS
(Zone 8b)
May 2, 2008
9:37 PM Post #4898941
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Andy put it in a cage with a sprinkling of dirt and dry leaves to see what hatches |
Sarahskeeper
Brockton, MA
(Zone 6a)
May 3, 2008
1:20 PM Post #4901298
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Thanks, I figured it was sort of generic but had to ask.
I placed it back near where i found it, it was gone the next day. |
essentialplanet
Wilsonville, OR
(Zone 8b)
May 5, 2008
7:17 PM Post #4911330
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Hi Andy,
I think that is a cabbage moth pupae. Do you have a lot of those (looking like white butterflies, sometimes with a small black dot on the wing) later in the season. I have tons of them, and I find the pupae in the soil when I am planting.
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