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Color change, continued - Megalographa biloba
Copyright © 2010 R. Berg

Color change, continued - Megalographa biloba
Alameda County, California, USA
May 6, 2010
Size: 17 mm
By evening, the amount of black had increased. The prepupa now measured 17 mm (caterpillar before cocooning was 23 mm on April 29). Photo taken at 7:04 p.m.

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Unknown caterpillar - Megalographa biloba Prepupa - Megalographa biloba Prepupal insomniac - Megalographa biloba Prepupal insomniac - Megalographa biloba Color change - Megalographa biloba Color change, continued - Megalographa biloba Predation by ants - Megalographa biloba Remains - Megalographa biloba
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Contributed by R. Berg on 7 May, 2010 - 12:06am

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