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Help identiy: Half caterpillar, half butterfly?

Asked Aug 6, 2010, 04:17 PM — 16 Answers
My wife found this in South Lake Tahoe in northern California. Any ideas what this is? Is it possible to have a pupa go through partial metamorphosis to a butterfly (or moth)?



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I've searched the internet for quite some time but couldn't find any answers. I personally didn't spot it so I don't have much more information including exactly how large it was, but if you ask I can get the answers later.

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Aug 21, 2010, 07:36 AM
I think it's a Coloradia pandora.
Catipillar Moth - BugGuide.Net
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Aug 21, 2010, 08:29 AM
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I think it's a Coloradia pandora.
Catipillar Moth - BugGuide.Net
Perhaps a Coloradia Doris, originally.
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Aug 23, 2010, 12:05 AM
Visit YouTube - Velda Pine Moth emerging - expanding wings Fascinating time lapse of a Coloradia moth eclosing
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Jul 22, 2012, 08:48 PM
I just saw this today on the Tahoe Rim Trail by Spooner Summit. It was really incredible; it was big, about 3 to 4 inches long, it's antenae looked exactly like short pine needles; same color and width as a pine needle. It's body looked exactly like tree bark and it had the red underneath it's strange short wings. It was wandering like a drunk over the ground; it was tripping and seemed not very effective at moving along. I found it so strange that I looked it up here to see what it was. It looked very much like the one pictured above except it seemed more perfectly camoflauged than the one above. If so many people are seeing these. It would seem that the IGR is not exactly working; am I right?
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Nov 3, 2012, 07:29 PM
Please see photos and discussion here:
http://englishworldwide.ning.com/group/topic-of-the-day/forum/topics/can-anyone-help-me-identify-this-guy-gal

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Flickr set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blogblossoms/sets/72157631922739676/

Quite similar in many ways (colors are obviously different).

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance (and thanks to Mona for referring me to this site),
Holly
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Nov 8, 2012, 05:13 AM
I found one like it in West TX I took a few photos and after a few hours it almost finished changing. I am trying to see how to attach my photos.
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Nov 8, 2012, 05:16 AM
Here are the Photos I took of my West TX Critter.
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