BRN 9-2 (uncompressed) - Flipbook - Page 40
as those in the middle. In the photograph on
the next page the two prolegs at the anal end
appear to be at different stages of
development, while those nearest the
developed prolegs at the center of the
abdomen appear to be three reddish ÒknobsÓ
which have yet to form into the Òsuction cupsÓ
at the middle. Those Òsuction cupsÓ arenÕt.
They encircle a number of small graspers but
apparently do not create suction.
The two bottom photographs are of another
individual of this cohort, showing a section of
denuded Littleleaf Sumac.
The center right photograph provides a bit of
scale, Littleleaf Sumac leaßets in the
background.
In the top photographs of this and the next
page the red prolegs at either end of the
abdomen appear to be not as well developed
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