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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Plume Moths (Pterophoroidea)
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green larvae #3091
Copyright © 2011 Lynette Elliott

green larvae #3091
Bioblitz Zone 6, Point Defiance Park, Pierce County, Washington, USA
May 21, 2011
Size: ~ 10 mm
Found from sweeping tall marsh grass. Is this a fly or a butterfly?

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green larvae #3091 plume moth from green larva
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 22 May, 2011 - 12:30pm
Last updated 16 November, 2012 - 5:02pm

Moved
Moved from Plume Moths. Just collecting all the caterpillars and pupae in one place.
… john and jane balaban, 16 November, 2012 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Lynette Elliott, 25 June, 2011 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 June, 2011 - 6:14am login or register to post comments

Could they be Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)?
Or am I way off base?
… Kelly Fiegle, 24 May, 2011 - 5:45am login or register to post comments

Looks like it has legs, so we would suggest lepidoptera
and would point out that many Pterophoridae - Plume Moths -- look like this, but.....
… john and jane balaban, 22 May, 2011 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

 
or a moth
Well, I didn't think it was a moth larva. Eric LaGasa has it, and hopefully can rear it.
… Lynette Elliott, 22 May, 2011 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

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