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Leaf beetle larva

Family Chrysomeliade

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Jolly, Jacob, Juan and Martin, thank you so much for your contribution for ID'ing this one. It is very nice to see a spotting like this to attract all that attention, being that it is not exactly "pretty"...
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I could concur: http://saphotographs.blogspot.com/2012/07/chrysomelidae-leaf-beetle-larvae.html
Hehe, MArtin. First, thank you for the comment. Second, Juan and Jacob already had a long discussion about this one, Juan thinks it was a caterpillar, and Jacob thinks it is was a sawfly. Unfortunately, when I went back to where I spotted it, it was gone. Now, I'll keep my eyes open for another one. Anyway, that is - I think - what makes biology so fascinating, many times things are not what they seem to be. I wonder the plots Agatha Christie could concoct with those characters! One thing I know, the guilty one would hardly be the butler...
It looks like a chrysomelidae
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PublishedNovember 9, 2012

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