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Pair of caterpillars

Asota plana lacteata

Description:

One black head, one vivid red, but same batch of eggs I'd guess

Habitat:

Sub-tropical forest

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3 Comments

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Welcome Ian, beautiful spotting :)

ianmartintoo
ianmartintoo 11 years ago

Thanks Reza, I've added the name now. Hard for me to identify much here with very little Mandarin!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Hi Ian I thin these might be Asota Plana larvae but since it a spotting in Taiwan its called Asota plana lacteata....I am adding 2 links for your reference :)

http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Minibeast-Bu...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asota_plana...

ianmartintoo
Spotted by
ianmartintoo

新北市 (New Taipei City), New Taipei City (新北市), Taiwan

Spotted on Oct 2, 2012
Submitted on Nov 23, 2012

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