The larvae that I thought was a worm.
Fall webworm Moth
Kingdom: animalia
Phylum: arthropoda
Class: insecta
Order: lepidoptera
Superfamily: noctuoidea
Family: erebidae
Subfamily: Artctiinae
Genus: Hyphantria
Species: H. cunea
So i discovered this worm uh-huh 😕an insect that i thought was a worm at my college campus. Well all thatnks to my professor who cleared my confusion. So this basically is larvae which will undergo metamorphosis to develop into an adult Fall webworm moth.
The fall webworm moth is native to North America and is commonly found there. One of its special characteristic is that ot creates a webbed nest on the limbs of the tree hence the name webworm . Talking about metamorphosis it is the developmental process that most insects under go. In this process the newly hatched species of insect undergo morphological, behvioral and physiological changes to become a fully functional adult.
Well i could not capture the adult stage because duh , i only found a larvae😝. But i am planning to visit that area in my campus to observe the journey of larvae to become a moth. Hope i find it 🤞.
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