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Chrysomelidae
Uniformly grey-brown caterpillar, with warts and short hair.
Seen on flowers of Meadow Sage in montane grasslands & pastures (about 750 of altitude) close to mixed and protected forest. The area is in lake Geneva valley, at the feet of Jura mountain range.
Spotted on May 30, 2019
Submitted on May 31, 2019
4 Comments
That's a beautiful spotting!
Thanks Daniele and Bayucca; I agree with you both; I got "lost in translation" and lumped all larvae into caterpillars... Unfortunately, no other shots; this fella let itself fall from the flower and disappeared in the vegetation immediately after the shot...
I agree with bayucca. Any ventral or lateral shots Zlatan? They would allow us to see if there are any prolegs or not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proleg
Not 100% sure, but I think this is not a caterpillar, but a larva of a leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae).