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Arge rosae
This insect that looks like a caterpillar in its larval stage, is not really a lepidopteran. After metamorphosis, the adult animal that will emerge will not be a butterfly, but rather something like a fly with two pairs of wings. It therefore belongs to the order Hymenoptera, like ants and bees.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Este insecto, que parece una oruga en su fase larvaria, no es en realidad un lepidóptero. Tras la metamorfosis, el individuo adulto que emergerá no será una mariposa, sino algo parecido a una mosca con dos pares de alas. Pertenece por lo tanto al orden de los himenópteros, al igual que abejas y hormigas.
En la rosaleda de los Jardines del Río Turia.
Spotted on Jun 18, 2014
Submitted on Jun 18, 2014
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I agree. Thank you.
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