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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Atomacera » Hibiscus Sawfly (Atomacera decepta)
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Skipper larvae? - Atomacera decepta
Copyright © 2008 Wayne Nicholas

Skipper larvae? - Atomacera decepta
Kingwood, Texas USA, harris County, Texas, USA
May 22, 2008
Size: .75 inches
I found a few of these small larva feeding on our Rock Mallow, Pavonia lasiopetala, and was wondering if this is a skipper larvae and what species it may be.
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Contributed by Wayne Nicholas on 22 May, 2008 - 9:47am
Last updated 23 May, 2008 - 11:31pm

sawfly larva
This looks like a sawfly larva, many pro legs.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 23 May, 2008 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Not thinking it's a Sawfly
Thanks for the help. The info I found indicates it to be a Mallow, or Hibiscus, Sawfly, Atomacera decepta. I appreciate the help.
… Wayne Nicholas, 23 May, 2008 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like it
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… John R. Maxwell, 23 May, 2008 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

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