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Aqua caterpillar on Salvia Farinacea - Pyrausta inornatalis
Copyright © 2012 Anne Worner

Aqua caterpillar on Salvia Farinacea - Pyrausta inornatalis
Georgetown (inside the city limits), Williamson County, Texas, USA
September 26, 2012
Size: appx 10mm
No question about which is the business end......... As far as the colour is concerned I feel this is closer than the previous image.

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Contributed by Anne Worner on 28 September, 2012 - 2:43pm
Last updated 17 October, 2012 - 3:23pm

Other image
I suggest linking image #708346 with these; it shows the entire larva, including the head, better than this photo.
… Terry Harrison, 19 October, 2012 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
linking
agree - I just don't know how to do that - I uploaded to the same files, but they have been unlinked?
… Anne Worner, 19 October, 2012 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Congratulations
You now have all of the images linked. Congratulations on rearing this moth to the adult stage, and thanks for contributing a very nice series of life-history images.
… Terry Harrison, 20 October, 2012 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

Pyrausta inornatalis - Inornate Pyrausta Moth - Hodges #5037
Moved from ID Request.

Cropped the photo for a closer view.
Nice!
Thanks!
… Maury J. Heiman, 17 October, 2012 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

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