mystery cloudforest cocoon

[Dr. James Adams]

Peter Hibbs asked,

>I found this in the cloudforest in Ecuador a few years ago and have
>wondered since then, what could have made this?! I found it among other
>miscellany in my basement recently and felt compelled to ask the taxacom
>listserv, anyone know what this is, who created it?
>
>http://www.wam.umd.edu/~hibbs/mysteryitem.htm

Dan Janzen answered:
That is certainly Saturniidae, and almost without doubt a species of
Rothschildia (of which there are many in South America).
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I agree completely with Dan's assessment -- Rothschildia it is.

         James


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