

Caterpillars in Persimmon Tree
EOS 20D
Manual Mode/hand held
1/125 sec. @ f/6.3 ISO 100
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Canon 430 EX Speedlite (full)
Cloudy, midday
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Ken, I have in front of me a book on identifying immature insects of many kinds, including moths down to family (but no farther).Ken Ramos wrote:Bugguide is more of like looking for a needle in a haystack sort of thing
I'm not suggesting that this is much better or much worse than a needle in a haystack, mind you. It's just that sometimes there simply don't exist any good ways to ID things unless you've seen them before and happen to remember.12a. Body with tufted or secondary hairs; at least 2 setae on tubercle vi of 6th abdominal segment, or with additional setae on proleg.
Fig. 424. ......41
12b. Body without tufted or secondary hairs; tubercle vi with a single seta; tubercle vii with at most 3 setae, unless the prolet has a multiserial circle of crochets. Fig. 425. ........13