![]() This group of species lays their eggs on the outsides of their cocoons – because the females are flightless, and so don’t travel far. Sure enough, the answer was on page 71 of the fabulous Tracks & Sign of Insects. But what was the hard foamy mass on the outside? I had a suspicion, but I took some photos and came inside to confirm. ![]() It was pretty obvious to me from the outset what they were: those hairy, oval masses couldn’t be anything but moth cocoons. I’ve continued to check on them, from time to time, as I do my maple trunk surveys they’re still there, and I expect will be for the winter. There were three of them, two on the biggest maple, and one on the third. Sometimes there’s nothing at all that catches my eye. ![]() Whatever’s happening on the trunks at the time. Periodically I pause to check the three great, old maples in our front yard for interesting goings-on.
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