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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Unidentified microlep immature stages
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Copyright © 2010 Matt Edmonds

cat.
st. pete, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
May 4, 2010
Size: 1 inch
This guy was in a rolled up leaf. Some kind of moth-to-be??

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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 4 May, 2010 - 3:23pm
Last updated 29 September, 2016 - 2:27pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 31 December, 2010 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
It will have a better chance here than in ID request.
… Beatriz Moisset, 9 May, 2010 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

Host plant?
Do you know the plant? It is usually helpful to provide that info.
… Beatriz Moisset, 4 May, 2010 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

 
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Nope.
I know it's helpful, but I know less about plants than I do about bugs. It's all a learning process. :o)
… Matt Edmonds, 4 May, 2010 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Join the club
Most of us are pretty ignorant about plants but the botanists help us if we include longer views of the leaf, twig and/or whole plant. You can do that too.
… Beatriz Moisset, 5 May, 2010 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

 
that I can do
bigger picture on the way.
… Matt Edmonds, 5 May, 2010 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

 
Looks like ...
a willow of some sort, possibly Coastal Plain Willow (Salix caroliniana), but not 100% positive - let's see what Mr. Pearson thinks ...
… T. Gilliam, 5 May, 2010 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

 
Willow
Plant is definitely a willow (Salix). There are 5 species in Florida, of which Coastal Plain Willow (S. caroliniana) is the most widespread, with a nearly statewide county distribution (including Pinellas); it also has the finely toothed edge seen in the photo. Of the other four species, one (S. humilis) has an untoothed margin and the remaining three (with toothed margins) have restricted county distributions that do not include Pinellas County (but beware of lack-of-collecting artifacts for individual counties!). I agree that Coastal Plain Willow is the most likely species based on leaf characters and county distrinution.
… John Pearson, 5 May, 2010 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

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