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Nolidae
The caterpillar is about the size of a 11 or 12 year old's finger DIP joint. The head is a bright yellow and right below the neck is a splash of dark purple. It looks like it owns four small purple legs on each side of its body. The body is a beautiful blend of orange---red and white---yellow. There is a faint streak of purple on the middle of its body and a small blob of purple on its end. There are two orangey, reddish marks on it's head.
SAS rainforest
It is known that the caterpillar possibly has a a mind controlling parasite in it's brain because it was swirling its head in circular motions and squirming with its body...
Spotted on Feb 21, 2014
Submitted on Mar 9, 2014
3 Comments
Don't worry, this has nothing to do with parasites.
This is a Nolid Moth Caterpillar, they naturally have "big heads"
Moved from "other" to the Arthropods category. :-)
Ohh! this is cool. I hope that we can figure it out. Check out the first pictures on the project noah site. Maybe you will see a lookalike?