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Hull Bees

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Found a chrysalis inside a hive yesterday. It was on top of the queen excluder below three Supers, above a commercial brood box with a slatted rack and underfloor entrance. Seems an unlikely place for a caterpillar to go. Anyone else experienced this or know what kind of moth or butterfly it might be?

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It's clearly not a wax moth and is far too small to be a death's head hawkmoth.
 
Found a chrysalis inside a hive yesterday. It was on top of the queen excluder below three Supers, above a commercial brood box with a slatted rack and underfloor entrance. Seems an unlikely place for a caterpillar to go. Anyone else experienced this or know what kind of moth or butterfly it might be?

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It's clearly not a wax moth and is far too small to be a death's head hawkmoth.
At least it has let us know its size.... :D
As a wild guess, a moth pupa (but not wax moth of course) with perhaps developing antennae and wing just showing.
 

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