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Caterpillar

Description:

Orange black and white worm. About 2 cm long. Soft spikes on its body.

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3 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Interesting! I can see how you thought it would be related to the stinkbug you found!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I am not sure, but to me it looks similar to a Papilionidae caterpillar at an early instar.

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

Found it inside a Hibiscus flower

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Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Aug 23, 2012
Submitted on Aug 23, 2012

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