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Pest on Rhapis excelsa palm

9 years ago

Hi

I recently found pests (worm/caterpillar?) on my rhapis excelsa palm which grows in a pot.
They start of as tiny pinkish eggs attached to leaves and subsequently hatch into the creatures you can see in the pic. They chew through the leaves and then fold the leaves over themselves to form a sort of cocoon.
I live in western India.

Would be grateful for any help in identifying them!

Thanks!

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
9 years ago
The shape of the caterpillar and it's behavior suggests that it's one of the species of skippers....a type of butterfly. Nothing else has that bulbous head capsule! I've never seen one this color, but I've never seen one so young.

Caterpillars undergo amazing changes from the time they hatch to when they are ready to pupate.

Skipper are common to India. Do you have a professional agency to help you with the identification?
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