[NatureNS] strange large grub on snow to ID

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Donna and all,

Looks like a Yellow Underwing moth larva to me.  More about them on this web=
 page.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2013/01/20/winter-cutworm-found-in-snow/

Bev Wigney
Round Hill



On 2016-01-18, at 7:11 PM, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> wrote:

> I need the help of those naturalists who revel in the entomological world:=

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> I received a photo from my sister (link below)  wanting to know the name o=
f this large =E2=80=98grub=E2=80=99 found near the Bridgewater area on Jan 1=
3th.  There were two of them crawling on top of the fresh snow.  They were a=
lmost the size a =E2=80=9Ca little finger=E2=80=9D, referring to both length=
 and diameter of a small finger.  (A good snack for a bird, except they are n=
ow apparently in a jar.)
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