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Green Caterpillar  - Cimbex americanus

Green Caterpillar - Cimbex americanus
Prince George County, Virginia, USA
May 24, 2010
Size: 1-2 inches
Found it sitting on a small sapling in my woods. Before crawling he was rolled up into a tight coil, like a snail shell, and holding on to the tree with his front legs only

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Totally weird, cause that is
Totally weird, cause that is definitely not the date I submitted it with yesterday. I don't know what happened there haha.

Reminds me of...
the larva of a sawfly like this one:


 
yes just like that. its defi
yes just like that.
its definitely an intsense looking little insect

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