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What am I? - Dioprosopa clavata
Copyright © 2007 Sharon

What am I? - Dioprosopa clavata
Tavares, Lake County, Florida, USA
June 17, 2007
Size: approx 1/4 -3/8"
Found this today on a milkweed plant while looking for Monarchs. It Would wriggle itself horizontally down the stem instead down headfirst like other caterpillers I've seen.
Contributed by Sharon on 17 June, 2007 - 10:00am
Last updated 15 November, 2019 - 5:15pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Immature Stages.
… Martin Hauser, 15 November, 2019 - 5:15pm

Moved
Moved from Allograpta.
… Beatriz Moisset, 23 December, 2009 - 8:54pm

Syrphis flly larva
and looks like something in the genus Allograpta (below). Likely preying on aphids, which I know are common on my milkweed, at least, : )

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 17 June, 2007 - 10:21am

 
larva
thanks!
As usual I didn't look in the right section!
I've lived in Florida all my life and still finding things I've never seen...
… Sharon, 17 June, 2007 - 11:21am

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