I had left my car mats on the sidewalk for cleaning later. I thought a bird had made my job worse. Thig guy was less than an inch. You can see the scale by the edge on the mat. From standing and looking to the ground, it sure did look like bird dropping.
Viewing from directly down on its back- the symmetry is a giveaway. (sorry for fuzziness)
LOL, I guess that's where the get the name, it sure fits!
Kewl! I've never seen one of those before - nor did I know they existed.
There's the caterpillar of the Giant Swallowtail that looks like a bird dropping, but this is an adult.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/44283
This message was edited Aug 13, 2008 11:49 AM
ceejay beat me to it, but I think it's one of these:
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9299
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9301
I see there are gaps in the Hodges #'s, so there may be other Eudryas species
from the brown and yellow accents, mine looks more like the Eudryas grata than the unio.
