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Cassida piperata
Photo#412821
Copyright © 2010
Yurika Alexander
Tortoise Beetle Larva -
Cassida piperata
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
June 16, 2010
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Contributed by
Yurika Alexander
on 17 June, 2010 - 11:04pm
Last updated 9 November, 2012 - 3:54pm
slug moth caterpillar
Amazing how similar to a MOTH caterpillar - such as Isa Textula
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Jim Eckert
, 16 December, 2019 - 10:34pm
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wow,
great find! Any idea what plant (host) that is?
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Tim Moyer
, 21 June, 2010 - 11:48am
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Host Plant
Thanks:) Host plant was young Lambsquarters. Unfortunately, the plant was dead and I can't see that larva anymore...
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Yurika Alexander
, 21 June, 2010 - 12:08pm
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Raising one?
Sometimes I take a larva home, keep feeding it leaves from the host plant and get a nice life cycle, for example
this one
. You may want to try it next time.
These larvae are so interesting with their disgusting umbrellas.
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Beatriz Moisset
, 14 July, 2010 - 6:46am
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