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Now that I've read that the Yellow Underwing moth is yet another new invasive species introduction, I will retract my advice to put the collected larvae back outside.
It just resends the message that if something looks very strange/out of the ordinary, and never observed before, one should automatically question whether it is a relatively new arrival, and whether some new ecological concerns may be associated with the new species.
Interesting.
Donna Crossland
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Fred Schueler
Sent: January-18-16 10:02 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] strange large grub on snow to ID
On 1/18/2016 5:34 PM, bev wigney wrote:
> 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/
* incredible how these guys think they can find a better hibernation site so late in the fall/winter!
Here's ones on the streets in the village here:
Noctua pronuba 1 Dec 2015
Noctua pronuba 2 Dec 2015
cf Noctua pronuba 4 Dec 2015
cf Noctua pronuba 6 Dec 2015
cf Noctua pronuba 8 Dec 2015
cf Noctua pronuba 9 Dec 2015
cf Noctua pronuba 14 Dec 2015
Noctua pronuba 17 Dec 2015
cf Noctua pronuba 21 Dec 2015
(cf's are mostly roadkills) - Bev led me to the name of these this year, and even though the previous identifications are retrospective they seem to be increasing in accordance with their invasive nature.
fred.
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> On 2016-01-18, at 7:11 PM, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca
> <mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca>> wrote:
>
>> I need the help of those naturalists who revel in the entomological world:
>>
>> I received a photo from my sister (link below) wanting to know the
>> name of this large ‘grub’ found near the Bridgewater area on Jan
>> 13th. There were two of them crawling on top of the fresh snow.
>> They were almost the size a “a little finger”, referring to both
>> length and diameter of a small finger. (A good snack for a bird,
>> except they are now apparently in a jar.)
>>
>>
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