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samea larva? - Samea
Copyright © 2005 Machele White

samea larva? - Samea
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
December 5, 2005
Size: 15mm
This was found on water lettuce, found an imagehttp://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/aqua/apis/biocontrol/html/samea_m0.html.
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Contributed by Machele White on 8 December, 2005 - 6:51am
Last updated 4 March, 2012 - 9:46am

Nice find!
Can you raise it to be sure? Water Lettuce is very easy to grow, even just in a bowl of water, in my experience.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 8 December, 2005 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

 
It is growing
in my woman:) made pond, definitely easy to grow, I am constantly thinning it out and burning. If I can find it after this rain stops, I will try and see what happens.
… Machele White, 8 December, 2005 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

 
Well, now I
kind of feel bad about burning this stuff, these little ones are all over it. I put one of the plants with a couple of these guys in a jar, there are some that look like they are pupating, but can not say 100% they are the same thing, so I wont collect those.
… Machele White, 8 December, 2005 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

 
So, get more jars............
... >>>there are some that look like they are pupating, but can not say 100% they are the same thing, so I wont collect those.
… Bob Patterson, 8 December, 2005 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

Samea?
I hope that you are right, let us wait to hear from the experts.
If so it would be the first caterpillar not only for this species but for the whole Pyraustinae subfamily!
… Beatriz Moisset, 8 December, 2005 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

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