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Photo by Mandy Hollman
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Field Notes

Description:

Pupa (?) about an inch long. Sticky white web-like stuff surrounding dark brown papery layer, with more sticky white stuff inside that, around the insect. Found a bunch of these in the same rotting log, tucked into the soft wood and hidden away.

Habitat:

In a dead log with soft, light wood that was crumbly and a little damp. In woods, near creek

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Mandy Hollman
Good idea! Sounds fun. I've gathered some of them and have them in a container with some of the wood. I think it's some kind of Apoid wasp, probably the same kind as the wasp photo I added today, with the wasp about to emerge from its hole in the wood. That group of wasps apparently makes tunnels in logs just like the ones I found, and their pupae are arranged in the tunnels like the ones I found. Also found a black similar-looking wasp (maybe a mud dauber?). Maybe they are the same species, or maybe one species took over another's tunnels.
MartinL
I think that being a pupa limits this spotting to a moth or a beetle. I would suggest a moth but beetles are more commonly inside wood. And nature is always ready with a surprise! It would be an interesting contribution to science to put a couple in a jar by your kitchen window and wait for them to emerge. Then click, release, and upload. =)

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