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Caterpillar - Disonycha discoidea
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Caterpillar - Disonycha discoidea
Lake Worth, Fl, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
May 1, 2018
Contributed by tjabour on 20 July, 2018 - 3:31pm
Last updated 24 November, 2018 - 2:43pm

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I agree - very few things feed on Passiflora as they are so well-defended, and this is certainly not a larval Heliconiine butterfly nor a nymphal Anisoscelis bug!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 24 November, 2018 - 2:43pm

Maybe...
Passionflower Flea Beetle larva?

… Yurika Alexander, 9 September, 2018 - 1:42pm

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