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    Forum: Insect and Spider IdentificationReplies: 11, Views: 424
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    busybee
    Kentwood, LA (Zone 8b)

    August 24, 2002 10:23 PM

    Post #41230

    What is this and what do I do to get rid of them? I sprayed them with water before I realized they were live. They are eating the leaves on my lemon tree. I don`t know if they came from a web but there is one in the leaf curl where one was. Some of them were larger than this one. The head is large with two slit eyes and the body is wet. I never had these before.I will try to get a better photo.

    This message was edited Saturday, Aug 24th 6:24 PM

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    Lophophora
    Tokyo
    Japan

    August 24, 2002 10:27 PM

    Post #336783

    A swallowtail larva!

    Busybee - if you want beautiful butterflies next spring, leave at least a few - if mature, the tree won't miss that many leaves, trust me!

    It's most likely an "orange dog", the larva of Papilio cresphontes, the Giant Swallowtail.
    http://www3.pei.sympatico.ca/~david.fraser/rcresbut.htm


    This message was edited Saturday, Aug 24th 6:45 PM
    busybee
    Kentwood, LA (Zone 8b)

    August 24, 2002 10:50 PM

    Post #336818

    Thank you very much,Lophophora. That is a beautiful butterfly to be such a ugly worm. I will be looking forward to them, (the butterflies but not the worms.) Can`t have one without the other though.
    Lophophora
    Tokyo
    Japan

    August 24, 2002 10:58 PM

    Post #336828

    Ugly? You said it! *LOL*
    I'll pass on saying what the critters are mimicking. Any bold guesses out there? :)

    "Can`t have one without the other" True wisdom from Kentwood, LA.!
    Calalily
    Deep South Coastal, TX (Zone 10a)

    August 24, 2002 11:00 PM

    Post #336832

    Hee hee, I know.
    Lophophora
    Tokyo
    Japan

    August 24, 2002 11:06 PM

    Post #336840

    Hee hee, pray tell...
    gardenwife
    Newark, OH (Zone 5b)

    August 24, 2002 11:10 PM

    Post #336844

    *SPLAT*!
    Lophophora
    Tokyo
    Japan

    August 24, 2002 11:33 PM

    Post #336864

    ROTFL!

    What, gardenwife spill some uncooked scrambled eggs???? ;)

    Calalily
    Deep South Coastal, TX (Zone 10a)

    August 24, 2002 11:35 PM

    Post #336868

    Birdus poopus
    Lophophora
    Tokyo
    Japan

    August 24, 2002 11:38 PM

    Post #336873

    Is that, uh, Latin or Greek Cala?


    (*snort!*)
    Calalily
    Deep South Coastal, TX (Zone 10a)

    August 25, 2002 12:14 AM

    Post #336907

    It's proper Latin of course!! It's right there beside flowerus unknownus.
    gardenwife
    Newark, OH (Zone 5b)

    August 25, 2002 12:58 AM

    Post #336992

    Oh [deleted] itsinmyeii

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