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Field Notes

Description:

I found them under a Cecropia (Embaúba, Brazil) leaf.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
rubens.luciano
auntnance123, I think you are right, some of the beetle in the link you sent are very common here. I will try to keep an eye on it and discover which kind of beetle they are from.
bayucca
Maybe some beetle larvae?
auntnance123
Is this what you may have here? http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/368781/enlarge
bayucca
I don't think that these are caterpillars, I would guess some other larvae, but not butterfly/moth-type.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2012

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