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Aphid Eating Caterpillar - Allograpta
Copyright © 2008 Randy C. Anderson

Aphid Eating Caterpillar - Allograpta
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
July 18, 2008
Size: < 1/2 inch
Found this caterpillar (or larvae) eating these aphids. The only carnivorous butterfly I know of is the Harvester, but this one doesn't really look like those, and I believe Harvestmen eat wooly aphids. I think the aphids are Milkweed aphids.
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Contributed by Randy C. Anderson on 18 July, 2008 - 5:54pm
Last updated 9 September, 2008 - 4:18pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 September, 2008 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

It's a syrphid fly larva
I often see them eating these aphids, too.

We have similar ones labelled Allograpta (e.g. below), though I don't know where the initial ID was made.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 18 July, 2008 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! That helps a lot.
Thanks! That helps a lot.
… Randy C. Anderson, 18 July, 2008 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

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