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Spiked Larva - Euclea

Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
July 1, 2007
Size: 1/2"

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Spiked Larva - Euclea

Spiked Larva - Euclea

Contributed by Sam Houston on 1 July, 2007 - 8:02pm
Last updated 3 March, 2008 - 3:26pm

Moved

Moved from Frass.

… Jason D. Roberts, 3 March, 2008 - 3:26pm

Frassed

Moved from Euclea.

… Sam Houston, 3 March, 2008 - 2:03pm

Moved

Moved from Butterflies and Moths.

… Sam Houston, 29 July, 2007 - 6:00pm

Check out the caterpillars

in the genus Euclea in the guide here. Wonder if that brown spot is the breathing tube of some internal parasite??

… john and jane balaban, 1 July, 2007 - 8:17pm

I don't know but I wondered w

I don't know but I wondered what that spot was too. At first I thought it was a piece of dirt so I took a stick and tried to brush it off but it is definitely part of it.

… Sam Houston, 1 July, 2007 - 8:43pm

Something

Close to

… Herschel Raney, 1 July, 2007 - 8:14pm

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