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Caterpillar

Description:

This caterpillar was about 1.5" long. It was eating heliconia leaves.

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica 9 weeks into the rainy season.



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2 Comments

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 months ago

thanks juan. There has been many skipper butterflies recently along with millions of geometrid moths...more than I have ever seen in any year in the last ten.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 months ago

this is probably a Skipper butterfly larvae (Hesperiidae)

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Lat: 10.20, Long: -85.83

Spotted on Jun 22, 2012
Submitted on Jun 30, 2012

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