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catterpillars feeding on water weed?
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:31 pm
by Crispin
Is this a small mico-moth who's catterpillars feed on water weed?
Re: catterpillars feeding on water weed?
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:47 pm
by Dave McCormick
Looks like a sawfly larvae to me, not sure which though
Re: catterpillars feeding on water weed?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:15 am
by Crispin
Many thanks Dave, it does look as if it may be turnip sawfly (Athalia rosae) - it seems to have at least 6 pseudopods yet A. rosae apparently has 7 ..... but it's a bit tricky to tell from the photo.
See
http://www.inra.fr/hyppz/IMAGES/7030842.jpg for a photo of turnip sawfly from INRA (
http://www.inra.fr/hyppz/RAVAGEUR/6athros.htm)
