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Perga dorsalis
Not a caterpillar but a grub of the steelblue sawfly. They do not spit and there is no fire. They regurgitate a toxic saliva when threatened (pic 3) and spend most of the daytime huddled in a group for added protection.
The gang http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/128... The adult http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/190...
Spotted on Sep 10, 2013
Submitted on Sep 10, 2013
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