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Lacosoma chiridota larva seconds after hatching. - Lacosoma chiridota
Copyright © 2018 Melinda Bell

Lacosoma chiridota larva seconds after hatching. - Lacosoma chiridota

Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
June 6, 2018
The total time from egg to larva was 9 days. The hatching time was almost 3 hours. It started after 2 a.m. Very fast species! Not to mention very tiny! Its behavior was to move up and down the midrib of the oak leaf. (still under observation at this time)

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Lacosoma chiridota egg 3 days old - Lacosoma chiridota Lacosoma chiridota larva seconds after hatching. - Lacosoma chiridota Lacosoma chiridota larva (freshly hatched) - Lacosoma chiridota
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Contributed by Melinda Bell on 6 June, 2018 - 5:56am

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