cocoon on spirea

[Doug Yanega]

>Hi All,
>If John's measurements are correct on website the cocoon is much too 
>small for either cecropia or polphemus.
>Cecropia cocons are usually at least three inches long and tapered 
>sometimes at both ends, always near the top.
>Polyphemus cocoons are at least 1/2-3/4 inch wide and about 1-1.5 
>inches long. Usually they are not affixed to twigs unless suspended 
>by a shrt peduncle.
>Pictures of cocoons of both species in the polyphemus article at 
><http://www3.islandtelecom.com/~oehlkew>http://www3.islandtelecom.com/~oehlkew
>If dimensions are correct, then it is probably a small moth with 
>wingspan about 1 inch.
>

Sorry, I didn't notice the text on the dimensions - I just saw a 
cocoon attached to a twig.
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Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
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