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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Oct 07, 2007

I saw this on a Willow Oak leaf. I thought it was a caterpillar at first, but when I prodded it with my fingernail, it seemed to be dead - maybe it's discolored for that reason.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Oct 07, 2007

When I poked it, it kind of just fell over, and it looked flat on the bottom. It's about 3/8ths of an inch long, or 1 cm.

So far, it resembles the citrus mealybug pics, genus Planococcus, but I haven't looked around too much yet.

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Floridian Lutz, FL(Zone 9b) Oct 07, 2007

My guess is that it is one of the Hag or Slug Moth caterpillar
Here's a link to some of them here in the BF
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=slug+moth&searcher%5Bbugorder%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&Search=Search

Be careful at least some of them have stinging hairs

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Oct 08, 2007

Alright, thanks - it does look very similar to a few of them. Weird little guy.

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