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TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
I originally thought they were vine sphinx larvae but now found out they are sawfly larvae.

They were on cissus vine which is used by the Vine Sphinx. Here's a photo of a Vine Sphinx third instar I found on the same vine. Now this looks more like the sphinx caterpillars I know. You can see beginning of the anal horn and it has shed it's spots :o)

~ Cat

This message was edited Oct 24, 2009 7:07 AM