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Eggplant Tortoise beetle (larva)

Gratiana pallidula

Description:

4 mm long oval green larva with branch spines & funky red horns

Habitat:

Meadow

2 Species ID Suggestions

Crowned Slug Moth
Isa textula Crowned Slug Moth


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12 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Chun & Lisa!
And thanks you for your comment Jason!

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 11 years ago

mine was just a suggestion...but I think I have to agree with Chun on this after looking...the antennae like structures are absent in the slug moth caterpillar...maybe a mimicry example?

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 11 years ago

I never seen this in Indonesia! Great!!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks empidonax!

empidonax
empidonax 11 years ago

Great shots!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks for the correction Lisa!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Luis!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Great find

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Then you are on the right path, the adults should be nearby.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Chun! I'm really excited, I've been desperate to find a tortoise beetle!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Cool camouflage by the way, it matches the leaf's colour, hairs and thorns.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

The tail and the spikes.....
Looks like a tortoise beetle larva.

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Franklin, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Aug 18, 2012
Submitted on Aug 19, 2012

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