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Lophyrotoma: interrupta
Bright green larvae with shiny orange heads white spots and tapering tails
Communally eating gumleaves.
These are sawfly larvae, at an advanced instar. AKA Spitfire caterpillars.
Spotted on Jan 17, 2012
Submitted on Jan 17, 2012
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Lophyrotoma interrupta
Thanks Nuwan
great series !
Thanks Argybee, Nicholas, achmmad, Mayra.
This is one of my fave images.
Wow! Fabuloso!
2nd photo! Awesome.
Outstanding series. Gorgeous colors and detail.
Fattest ones I've seen so far.
Thanks Dan. They never seem to become so numerous as to do very much damage.
Love the second photo! That tree is in trouble!
Yes, these are the most attractive sawfly larvae that I've noticed.
What a team. I like pic#2. They don't look too thin do they?
Strange yet amazing. Nice finding.
Cool!
Here are some more...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/820...
Beautiful spotting!
Thanks Leuba. These are my other spotting in Melbourne but its hard to know if they are even the same species!! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/792...
I love pic #4 -no fighting, no biting !!