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flaflwrgrl said:@mellielong
Melanie, I wonder if you can tell me what larvae this one is? Teeny, tiny at this point & munching on dandelion.

• Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
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Possibly an armyworm (Spodoptera). Here's a picture of one:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spo...
but yours looks to maybe have more whitish stripes, so maybe Spodoptera eridania (southern armyworm).

If you look at this picture: http://bugguide.net/node/view/...
see the two lines that form a kind of triangle shape on its head, does it have that? If this is what it is, it is the caterpillar of an owlet moth (Noctuidae).