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A quick look recently at the underside of a wooden bench sitting in the middle of a nearby field revealed a multitude of signs of insects and spiders that sought shelter in this protected spot. They included the empty chrysalis of a monarch butterfly, the flat, red egg sac of a Phrurotimpus antmimic spider (look closely and you’ll see bumps in the middle made by the eggs underneath the silk), the silk and twig case of a bagworm moth larva , and a cocoon which is housing the pupa of a moth.
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December 2, 2011 | Categories: Arachnids, Arthropods, December, Insect Signs, Insects, Metamorphosis | Tags: Antimic Spiders, Bagworm Moth, Bagworm Moth Case, Cocoons, Danaus plexippus, Invertebrates, Monarch Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis, Monarch Metamorphosis, moths, Phrurotimpus, Spider Egg Cases | 8 Comments
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