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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) » Hesperiini » Calpodina » Calpodes » Brazilian Skipper - Hodges#4115 (Calpodes ethlius)
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FEMALE Calpodes caterpillar? - Calpodes ethlius
Copyright © 2011 Colette Micallef

FEMALE Calpodes caterpillar? - Calpodes ethlius
Liberty County, Texas, USA
May 10, 2011
thought this was interesting. I beleive it is Calpodes ethlius Female. Seems the eggs are visible.

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Contributed by Colette Micallef on 16 May, 2011 - 10:59pm
Last updated 22 May, 2011 - 7:53pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 22 May, 2011 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

Pubert Addams
never heard about insect larvae having ovaries... sounds, well, unorthodox -- but who knows
… v belov, 16 May, 2011 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I know that as soon as certai
I know that as soon as certain female Lepidoptera hatch they lay eggs. Some pupations are very brief. The other possibility parasitized.
… Colette Micallef, 16 May, 2011 - 11:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Do we know if this species does this?
I don't think I know of this happening in the hesperiidae. The only groups I have heard of have been moths. Of course I could be wrong, but if we aren't positive this is a species that does produce eggs in the last larval instar then I don't think we should be calling it a female. It could be parasitized, have a fungus, or something else going on.
… Natalie Hernandez, 17 May, 2011 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks, Colette
well, in the case you describe it would indeed make sense to have the gonads develop early... wow.
attests well to my deep and utter ignorance of all matters lep ))
… v belov, 16 May, 2011 - 11:46pm login or register to post comments

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