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Odd caterpillar
Copyright © 2012 Sheryl Smith-Rodgers

Odd caterpillar
Blanco, Blanco County, Texas, USA
November 9, 2012
I found these tiny caterpillars on the seedhead of a climbing snapdragon vine. When I'd touch one, it'd snap upward (second photo). Up and down, every time I'd touch it. I'm sorry the photos are poor quality but it was hard to shoot them.

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Contributed by Sheryl Smith-Rodgers on 9 November, 2012 - 4:35pm
Last updated 15 November, 2012 - 7:53am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 15 November, 2012 - 7:53am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 15 November, 2012 - 3:29am

Similar caterpillars and pupae
can be found among the plume moths, but we don't have much success with getting detailed IDs, sorry, :(
See here
… john and jane balaban, 9 November, 2012 - 4:57pm

 
Cocoon?
Oh, so what I'm seeing and touching are the cocoons, not the larvae. Right? That would explain the snapping behavior. So these photos are of cocoons.
… Sheryl Smith-Rodgers, 9 November, 2012 - 7:27pm

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