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Anisozyga pieroides
This caterpillar was about 1.5cm long and looked like it was covered in curled up dead leaves - I'm not sure if the caterpillar just looks like this or if it's attached those bits itself, but I assume the leafy look is a defence mechanism. Thanks to bayucca for the ID!
that's got to be one of the strangest caterpillars I have ever seen. Nice spotting,
Thanks for the ID bayucca. I guess the caterpillars all look a bit different if they collect detritus and attach it to themselves.
Excellent guess with your Geometrinae, what actually it is. Quite a strange habit of symmetrically collecting different little things.
Spotted on Mar 27, 2012
Submitted on Apr 21, 2012
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