Identification of larvae and pupae

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11.08.2011 0:11, okoem

here is the caterpillar
from the plant only the tip remains

Plant-wormwood, caterpillar Cucullia tanaceti or something close. Good find!

For pupation, it will need soil. The butterfly will come out in the spring.
Today's caterpillar is Acronicta megacephala. You can feed, for example, poplar.
There is absolutely nothing to be shy about taking insects off the sidewalk. I not only collected caterpillars in the middle of the city, but also crawled on my knees with a camera, and ran with a net.
The crowd is mostly purple, you take a caterpillar from the sidewalk or catch a butterfly in a flower bed.
Forget that word "shy".

When taking photos, it is better to use a ruler or graph paper for scale, rather than coins. A coin, for example, doesn't tell me anything, and I don't know its size.

This post was edited by okoem - 08/11/2011 00: 17

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11.08.2011 18:54, bials

If it is displayed (if it is displayed), let's see who it is.
About the harpy: you lose sight of birds and other things (it can easily peck unsuccessfully). Well, I don't see the hawk moth in it yet, and that's it .

Well, birds are usually unlikely to find cocoons like a harpy's, and it's problematic to peck at it, it's easier to find a caterpillar.
Secondly, as I said, harpies certainly do not have the tip of the abdomen at all as seen in the first photo. All of them have an almost round tip, with barely noticeable bumps. And in the photo, the tip is clearly sharp and based on the size, I still think it's some kind of hawk moth.
P. S. And what is the pupa "on your hands"?
Then it is not clear why it should not be photographed properly?

12.08.2011 7:49, bials

1 The pupa was lying on the asphalt, under a birch tree, and a bunch of soldiers(Pyrrhocoris apterus)were sitting on itdid they kill her?"whose one, at least. some photos show that she has 2 horns above her head
, all caterpillars on birch
trees 3 And someone's cocoon on a pine tree (small size - 2cm)
all found in Voronezh

Caterpillars 1 and 2 are most likely preparing for pupation (the crests are almost asleep (although this may be due to the fact that they stretch when they crawl)) Notodonta dromedarius, the 4th one looks like Phalera bucephala, and the 5th one looks like Colocasia coryli.
Unfortunately, the quality of photos and camera angles leaves much to be desired.
Get at least a cheap (2500 rubles) soapbox like Canon, Nikon or Fuji!
And then, on materyal, without tears you will not look