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ehewell2000 Seminole, FL, United States Apr 07, 2020

I don't think these are swallowtail caterpillars....any ideas?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 07, 2020

These might be sawfly larvae instead of caterpillars. Can you turn one over and see how many pairs of prolegs are present?

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ehewell2000 Seminole, FL, United States Apr 08, 2020

They are very small but here are a couple pictures from today...the one is the little fellow on a toothpick, so you can see how tiny it is!

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 09, 2020

Your specimen appears to have four pairs of prolegs, which would make it a caterpillar and not a sawfly larva. I suggest that you allow a few of them to continue to feed and grow, and when they are larger, they will be easier to identify.

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