I found this on the side of my house - it is cool outside about 50 to 60 degree F. It appear to be missing one antennae and have bristles (or hairs or tooth) on its legs. It have a soft body, no wing cases so can't be beetles and prefer to plays dead instead of running away. It is about 1/2 inch long. It have butterfly - like eyes - I researched wingless butterflies and moths (moths mainly) and found winter moths and fall cankerworms (Yikes!) . Is this one of them?
This is indeed a wingless moth, apparently a female cankerworm - see http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/DG0876.html
Is it native or not?
To the best of my knowledge, there are no exotic species in this group reported from Minnesota. I suggest you contact the Anoka County office of Minnesota's Cooperative Extension service (see http://www.extension.umn.edu/county/template/index.aspx?countyID=2 for contact information) for confirmation.
