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21-08-2009, 02:04 PM
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| |  Need help ID-ing 2 caterpillars
Hi, i'm new here and have come across these 2 caterpillars but can't identify them! 
this one... 
...and this one (possibly some kind of 'looper')  |
22-08-2009, 06:01 PM
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| | | Re: Need help ID-ing 2 caterpillars
Have you got any other shots of the first? I think it may be a sawfly.
I've the second - it has a very characteristic black mark, but I've yet to identify it! I'll post here if I do...! |
23-08-2009, 08:43 AM
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| | | Re: Need help ID-ing 2 caterpillars
nope sorry, thats the only shot i've got of the first one. Do all sawfly larvea make an 's' shape when threatened, because this one didnt - it just curled up (see photo  )
second pic, i looked through all the 'looper' caterpillar pics i could find and couldnt come up with an answer
if anyone finds out, please let me know!!!  |
23-08-2009, 01:58 PM
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| | | Re: Need help ID-ing 2 caterpillars
Yes sawflies do tend to curl up like that.
I meant to say "I've seen the second", in case you were wondering at my bad grammar! |
23-08-2009, 02:25 PM
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| | | Re: Need help ID-ing 2 caterpillars
The second reminds me of a sawfly too... |
23-08-2009, 02:28 PM
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| | | Re: Need help ID-ing 2 caterpillars
That's definitely a geometrid |
24-08-2009, 12:01 PM
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| | | Re: Need help ID-ing 2 caterpillars
I typed geometrid caterpillars in google, and it does look like them, but does anyone know exactly which one it is? It has a very distinct balck mark on its back so it shouldn't be too hard to identify.... 
Top pic could be a sawfly larvae, but I found this site: Sawfly Larvae Photo Gallery by Tom Murray at pbase.com
and it doesn't seem to be there, unless the site doesn't include all species...
but thanks to everyone that has tried to help me so far! It is much appreciated!!  |
24-08-2009, 01:03 PM
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| | | Re: Need help ID-ing 2 caterpillars
Quote:
Originally Posted by xSarahx  I typed geometrid caterpillars in google, and it does look like them, but does anyone know exactly which one it is? | There are a lot of geometrids Quote:
Originally Posted by xSarahx and it doesn't seem to be there, unless the site doesn't include all species... | There are a lot of sawflies (and those are american) |
24-08-2009, 01:23 PM
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| | | Re: Need help ID-ing 2 caterpillars
awwwww! i hate trying to identify species when there are lots of them!! it's sooooo confusing! 
but still, if anyone knows exactly which species, i would be very grateful! |
06-09-2009, 06:45 PM
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| | | Re: Need help ID-ing 2 caterpillars
anyone found anything yet....????? | | | |
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