Sparshalli moth caterpillar

Description:

An attractive caterpillar with dense white and yellow setae along the length of its 40mm long body. On the dorsal side were rows of red, black and white tufts as seen in pic #2.

Habitat:

Eucalyptus tree - Stringy bark

Notes:

The head end is supposed to have a long pencil-thin tuft of black hair -not evident in this caterpillar. When very young, caterpillars follow each other in a procession, later instars are seen as solitary caterpillars like this one. They turn into attractive, slightly heavy-bodied moths. These moths are from Family Notodontidae