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A green caterpillar raised its tail to discourage predators, however a fly has managed to deposit several eggs.
A roadside eucalyptus.
These eggs, laid onto a caterpillar are quite common late in the summer.
Spotted on Mar 1, 2014
Submitted on Mar 1, 2014
4 Comments
That Paralea larva is lacking the fine blue dorsal line of both this one and mine.
Yes Mark. I assumed a caterpillar similar to this one http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/386... but I do believe that all lepidoptera have some pro-legs and claspers. This insect flicked its tail up aggressively when I came close and that is how I noticed it. That is a sawfly behavior. I remain ambivalent about this one.
Unfortunately flies must eat too Hema. I'm suspecting some sawfly larva for this one Martin - zero legs or claspers at the back end? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/198...
Maybe you can flick the eggs off the caterpillar?