Figures 14.7


An aggregation of sawfly larvae (Hymenoptera: Pergidae: Perga) on a eucalypt leaf.
Figures 14.7. An aggregation of sawfly larvae (Hymenoptera: Pergidae: Perga) on a eucalypt leaf.

When disturbed, the larvae bend their abdomens in the air and exude droplets of sequestered eucalypt oil from their mouths.

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  A caterpillar of the orchard butterfly, Papilio aegeus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), with the osmeterium everted behind its head.
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  Three nymphalid butterflies that are Müllerian co-mimics in Florida: