Early instar larva of The Brick - Agrochola circellaris (Noctuidae)

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Early instar larva of The Brick - Agrochola circellaris (Noctuidae)

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Pudding4brains Really Wild Member Registered: January 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,335	Small caterpillar (1cm) under large rock on bank of the river Maas, Megen, Netherlands; April 1st, 2012.
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	Keywords: Brick Agrochola circellaris Lepidoptera Noctuidae Acronictinae Caterpillar Larva Nethrelands March
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goosey

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Wed 4, April 2012 8:04am

Possibly a Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola macilenta?

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Pudding4brains
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Wed 4, April 2012 2:25pm

Hi Goosey, that certainly seems to be the best fit I've been able to find sofar - thanks!

I'm a tad uncertain due to head color and the dark band on the sides though (?) Would that be normal variation? Also, supposedly this species should be rummaging for food on decidious trees - finding it under a rock, may(?) be out of scope? Then again, there was a huge tree holding its cannopy over the location so it may well have dropped off and sunsequently found a hiding place under the rock. Seeing that you left some room for doubt I'll ask on wrn for a second opinion

Cheers, Arp

goosey

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Wed 4, April 2012 5:18pm

Thats the best thing to do.

Colour and appearance can change in some larvae depending on which stage of development they are in. They usually go through 4 changes/instars when they shed skin.

Other times the larve look about the same at every change just bigger. I don't think the head ever changes though.

Pudding4brains
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Fri 6, April 2012 6:18am

Hi Goosey, another excellent try, just missing the bulls eye it would seem

Jeroen Voogd would have this to be a young Agrochola circellaris. I would never have guessed from looking at images of older larvae of that species - I knew there was a reason I don't look at Lepidopterans much

Thanks for the help! Cheers, Arp

goosey

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Fri 6, April 2012 8:14am

Foiled again! So close but yet so far! I could go on

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Actually, being serious, Jeroen Voogd is a contriubuter to some of the moths books I have and his name often comes up on moth websites, so you are rubbing shoulders with the right guy!

Pudding4brains
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Fri 6, April 2012 11:26am

Yes, I don't know the who's-who of Moth-People, but Ian Kimber once told me he higly regards his knowledge/IDs of immature stages

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