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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Xystopeplus » Red-winged Sallow - Hodges#9942 (Xystopeplus rufago)
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caterpillar or sawfly larva? - Xystopeplus rufago
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

caterpillar or sawfly larva? - Xystopeplus rufago
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 16, 2005
Size: 22mm
It looks like there are 2 eyes like you might expect on a wasp.
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Contributed by tom murray on 18 May, 2005 - 9:32pm
Last updated 14 August, 2005 - 7:15pm

Looks like the same dorsal spot pattern and
prothoracic shield and anal plate as Charles' . Looks like the Red-winged Sallow, Xystopeplus rufago, Wagner (1)page 412. He describes an animal that seems to fit this with its shield in front and plate in back. Cindy Mead has an image here with a similar prothoracic shield although it's a darker animal. Maybe yours is ready to pupate.
… john and jane balaban, 14 August, 2005 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

caterpillar.
Pretty certain that this is a caterpillar. The "eyes" are actually the head capsule containing the jaw muscles. The eyes are very tiny and not visible in this image, being adjacent to the jaws, in shadow here. I always thought the same as you until I studied caterpillar anatomy a bit. They are almost blind, certainly without compound eyes.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 May, 2005 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

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