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green caterpillar
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

green caterpillar
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 16, 2005
Size: 18mm
Does the dark and white lines down the back make this identifiable?
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Contributed by tom murray on 18 May, 2005 - 9:28pm
Last updated 29 June, 2005 - 12:48pm

My guess
is it's a sawfly larva. Sawfly larva have that round black eye. If you had a shot of the legs, we could tell for sure.
… Lynette Schimming, 2 June, 2005 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Sawfly larva?
I was trying to get the striped pattern on the back, and didn't think about the legs. I have another photo that might show the legs, I'll have to look back.
… tom murray, 6 June, 2005 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

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