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Citrus Fruit-piercer ... final instar larva making its cocoon - Gonodonta nutrix
Copyright © 2014 Alan Chin Lee

Citrus Fruit-piercer ... final instar larva making its cocoon - Gonodonta nutrix
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
August 21, 2014
The larva begins to pull the leaves around itself to make a cocoon of leaves and silk.

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Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 5 September, 2014 - 7:28pm
Last updated 6 September, 2014 - 3:49pm

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