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Opodiphthera eucalypti
A fat bright green caterpillar about 11cm long with spikey tubercles on its back. The tubercles near the head and rear end had beautiful blue tips.
Eucalytpus tree - ? species
This caterpillar feeds upside down with its paler belly exposed thus making detection difficult. I walked past it a couple of times before I noticed it. The Emperor Gum Moth is a Saturnid moth
Spotted on Dec 28, 2012
Submitted on Jan 6, 2013
5 Comments
A beautiful caterpillar....
Thanks Leuba, we're all good. (A nasty start to fire season for everyone this year.)
I'm going to keep my eyes open for these gorgeous caterpillars round the farm!
Thanks Gerardo and taccolina.
taccolina, I hope you guys are OK up there!
Those photos are fantastic!
Wow fantastic wonderful series :):)