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Larva
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Larva
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 21, 2005
That's a willow leaf the larva is pulling shut with it's silk.
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Contributed by tom murray on 22 August, 2005 - 9:08pm
Last updated 9 November, 2008 - 5:18pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 9 November, 2008 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

now I wonder if the larvae th
now I wonder if the larvae that caused me to ask about your milkweed tussock caterpillar photos were actually sawfly larvae
… Mark Black, 26 August, 2005 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

it might also be some sort of
it might also be some sort of sawfly larva
… Mark Black, 23 August, 2005 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Sawfly
It does have quite a few legs. Thanks I'll put it with the sawfly larva pictures.
… tom murray, 23 August, 2005 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Don't think it's sawfly
No legs on abdominal segments 1 and 2. Prolegs very visible on abdominal segments 3 through 6. This is probably some leaf rolling moth. We'd move it back to Lepidoptera
… john and jane balaban, 2 September, 2005 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved
back to lep larva page. Thanks.
… tom murray, 2 September, 2005 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

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