Orange-tip First Instar Larva
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:31 am
Orang-tip Larva First Instar larva on Garlic mustard.
"The larva has several rows of black warts along the length of it's body and each wart bears a long black hair that is adorned with a bead of clear liquid"
Reference- P84 LIFE CYCLES OF BRITISH AND IRISH BUTTERFLIES, 2019 Peter Eeles
Q. Rather than eat the 1st Instar larva, or, and as well as ignore it, do ants harvest the clear liquid, from the back of the larva?
"The larva has several rows of black warts along the length of it's body and each wart bears a long black hair that is adorned with a bead of clear liquid"
Reference- P84 LIFE CYCLES OF BRITISH AND IRISH BUTTERFLIES, 2019 Peter Eeles
- Orange-tip Egg and Black Garden Ant (Relative size comparison).
- Orange-tip Egg and 1st Instar (Relative Size Comparison)