Found this v e r y little guy while cleaning outside and was wondering if you could identify him
From Northeast Texas
It's a butterfly caterpillar, and I think one of the hairstreaks. I'd put my money on the soapberry hairstreak, Phaeostrymon alcestis. But mayyyybe a banded hairstreak? Their markings are variable.
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A juvenile bug isn't called a larva until it reaches the surface. While it's still underground it's called a margma
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Fossil of dragonfly larva or I don’t know.
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Found this little fella (around 2 cm long) on my fence post. I think the head is on the right hand side as this part was moving around.
I did some research and am pretty certain this is the larvae of a Mottled Cup Moth. I thought it was pretty boldly sitting out in the open until I read that it's coloured hairs STING!
The adult is brown and non distinctive, in stark contrast to its larvae.
@onenicebugperday you might like this.
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"𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖"
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Lophocampa maculata (Spotted Tussock Moth)
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adopted this lil fella last winter, who unfortunately disappeared around the time i expected them to pupate. any clue as to what my small friend could've been? in southern ontario btw
thanks! :>
Looks like a lesser yellow underwing, Noctua comes :)
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Figwort sawfly (Tenthredo scrophulariae) larva in defensive posture. Keila, Northwestern Estonia
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edibles/ gouache watercolor
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