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Homodes bracteigutta
A tiny speckled green caterpillar with paddle appendages. Here is the final larval instar http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/158... In he final instar these projections serve to mimic green ants with which they co habit.
Spotted on Feb 27, 2016
Submitted on Feb 27, 2016
10 Comments
A beautiful caterpillar....
Thanks Daniele
Done.
Great series of shots Martin! Please consider adding your spottings to the new 2016 Best Wildlife Photo mission:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2004...
Thankyou Francisco
Beautiful photos Martin...Gorgeous Loppy looper !!!
Yes Mark.
This plant is foodplant for Pseudodipsas cephenes, a lycaenid. I think it is Guioa acutifolia but the moth cat is an imposter.
The moth feeds on large leafed tropical plants including mango. Here are some others; http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au... I saw the large instar last year on mangrove in Cairns and couldn't ID it until this hatchling made me look again.
I will share the lycaenid for you now. cleve brought lots of small caterpillars back for breeding and I clicked them to load onto bb and record on ala while the opportunity was there. Its probably a bit boring for PN community.
Amazing cattie. Do you know the host plant?
Thank you and thank you.
I will put it up front.
Amazing !
I really like pic #2
Very cool!