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This caterpillar was about 1.5" long. It was eating heliconia leaves.
Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica 9 weeks into the rainy season.
Spotted on Jun 22, 2012
Submitted on Jun 30, 2012
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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.
this is probably a Skipper butterfly larvae (Hesperiidae)