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Unknown caterpillar

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 25mm long. Pale turquoise, rounded on top, flat underneath, white line at hard margin, 6 forelegs, small pair of cerci at tail, ?

Habitat:

Eucalyptus stem in wetlands reserve.

Notes:

Why no rear legs, prolegs or claspers. (See next spotting same tree)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Mark Ridgway
Thanks Martin. I was just wondering why you linked the P dorsalis spotting to this one. (I often get tangled in tabs :)
MartinL
I believe your adult is correctly named, its a great shot.. I believe its larvae are black. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38371144 I suspect your pale turquoise larvae, and mine, are lepidopteran. The head is lepidopteran. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/37953201 . The claspers seem to be retractable. The tail flicking in mine is odd, but Paropsisterna even do this. There seem to be two pairs of weak prolegs in this genus. I am not convinced yet and am open to contrary views.
Mark Ridgway
Do you think this larva is Perga dorsalis ? (Steel-blue sawfly) or is my sawfly wrongly named?
MartinL
This is clearly the same larvae as here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/189736004 The sawfly is here if anyone wants to observe this great photo. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/19899009

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Caterpillars and larvae of the World
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Dandenong Ranges - fauna & flora
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Mission WILD
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PublishedMarch 23, 2013

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