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family - Lycaenidae
small caterpillar, 2cm, with an ant inspecting it, not sure of the genus or species
mixed forest
I spotted this in Short Hills provincial park.
Spotted on Jun 8, 2014
Submitted on Mar 28, 2015
4 Comments
Thanks kel.
It is a caterpillar Lycaenidae family. I am creating Lycaenidae caterpillars and know enough.
Thanks Lulu. I thought it was a bit big for scale, but I'm not sure, could be.
Looks like scale (possibly armored scale), ants usually work symbiotically with scale and other pests like thrips. Can't give you an exact ID though :)