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Caterpillar

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A green caterpillar raised its tail to discourage predators, however a fly has managed to deposit several eggs.

Habitat:

A roadside eucalyptus.

Notes:

These eggs, laid onto a caterpillar are quite common late in the summer.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Mark Ridgway
That Paralea larva is lacking the fine blue dorsal line of both this one and mine.
MartinL
Yes Mark. I assumed a caterpillar similar to this one http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38664364 but I do believe that all lepidoptera have some pro-legs and claspers. This insect flicked its tail up aggressively when I came close and that is how I noticed it. That is a sawfly behavior. I remain ambivalent about this one.
Mark Ridgway
Unfortunately flies must eat too Hema. I'm suspecting some sawfly larva for this one Martin - zero legs or claspers at the back end? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/19886004
HemaShah
Maybe you can flick the eggs off the caterpillar?

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