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Caterpillar (family Lasiocampidae)

Lasiocampidae

Description:

GIANT caterpillar, wondering what kind of moth/butterfly it will become?? Found in the Wehea Protected Forest of East Kalimantan, Indonesia (Island of Borneo)



1 species ID suggestions

Lappet Moth Caterpillar
Apotolype blanchardi Species Apotolype blanchardi - Hodges#7682 - BugGuide.Net

14 Comments

drP
drP 2 months ago

What kind of adult does a caterpillar like this become?
Any kind it wants!!! :)
Nice spotting!

SachindraUmesh
SachindraUmesh 2 months ago

GOSH! thats what you call a BIG Caterpillar!!

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 2 months ago

I found this too in Indonesia, exactly in Bandung, West Java. I do not expect that the size can be as big as this. Amazing! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/170...

namitha
namitha 4 months ago

That's...... Really really big. I didn't know such big caterpillar exists. Wonderful spotting.

AliHp
AliHp 4 months ago

wow very big

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 7 months ago

Incredible!

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 7 months ago

Impressive!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 7 months ago

Surprisingly, the adults are much smaller. I am not sure how do they do it.

KarenPuracan
KarenPuracan 7 months ago

So what does it turn into? I'm guessing a huge moth?

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 7 months ago

Nice spotting Kara.
I have spotted a similar species too and it is really huge!
Unfortunately, I will only upload it after several years.
Nice identification too Nuwan, that was the ID given to me too by What'sthatbug.com.

Chief RedEarth
Chief RedEarth 8 months ago

wow congrats! what a size! :))

dandoucette
dandoucette 8 months ago

Holy crap! That is gigantic!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 8 months ago

should be a moth caterpillar, maybe family Lasiocampidae (Lappet and Eggar moths)

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 8 months ago

whoa!! that's huge !

Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia

Lat: 1.46, Long: 116.77

Spotted on Sep 23, 2010
Submitted on Sep 23, 2012

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