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Start


From left to right:
• Entry hole in seedpod (better seen in larger view)
• Young larva has eaten first seed
• Older larva has eaten all but one seed and is about to detatch the seedpod and use it as a mobile home.
• Seedpod attached to fresh pod. A build up of frass can be seen towards the bottom of the original pod, and in the fresh pod the first seed is being eaten.

Early instar, 2mm
16th June 2003

Final instar, 7mm
1st July 2003

Pupal Case, 7mm
3rd July 2003

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Coleophora fuscicornis - Larva