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Black Caterpillar under leaf litter - Protorthodes
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Black Caterpillar under leaf litter - Protorthodes
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA
October 7, 2018
Found under a bunch of leaf litter that I scraped away in the process of looking for bugs. I found another one in another bunch of leaf litter afterwards.

Tree leaves were next to a bunch of flowers. Photo taken at 3PM

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Contributed by Nick Wiser on 12 October, 2018 - 10:54am

I thought about rearing some.
Ill definitely do it next summer-if I can get aigs
… Edna Woodward, 12 October, 2018 - 9:32pm

Moved
Edna has collected both Protorthodes rufula and Protorthodes alfkenii south of you in Wolf Creek, so we're not sure which this is. Not enough larva information out there :(

You might contact Edna and see if she knows
… john and jane balaban, 12 October, 2018 - 11:30am

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