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 Butterfly caterpillar to identify
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| Makro Freak |
Posted on 29-01-2009 00:05
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 Member Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 179 Joined: 22.05.07 |
Hi what this very hungry caterpillar will become after pupation ?  Can somebody please help me in identying this fellow ?Location: Munich, Germany, grassland close to a forrest Size: aprox 8mm Best regards Richie Makro Freak attached the following image:  [54.16Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 29-01-2009 00:24
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7320 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Sawfly (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) - rather undistinguished, so probably difficult to suggest a species 
Edited by Tony Irwin on 29-01-2009 00:25 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 29-01-2009 00:30
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
This is no butterfly caterpillar but a Symphyta larva (Hymenoptera), in German a so-called "Afterraupe". It has more leg pairs than a Lepidopteran caterpillar and also different eyes. If you knew the plant the larva is feeding on, we could perhaps get closer to the genus. There is a good paper under http://www.zalf.d...hlands.pdf. Regards, Sundew PS. Hadn't I searched for the paper, Tony wouldn't have been faster
Edited by Sundew on 29-01-2009 00:34 |
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