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Automeris zugana
Beautiful turquoise head caterpillar, eating the Orchid tree (Bahuinia purpurea) in the garden (2 leaves), I found it next day 4 meters away eating a tall sharp grass blade!
I have to say that those were 2 Caterpillars, the 3 last pictures is one that it is still munching on the Orchid tree, the other 4 meters away it is munching on grass!?
In the last 12 days, this Zugana Silkmoth Caterpillar, Automeris zugana has grown to 3 and a half inches and it has gotten pretty thick, (finger thick).. : o
Thank you bayucca for the reading/article on lepidopterist Dan Janzen, it was very good.
Thank you so much bayucca, I wrote that ID on my book but was actually waiting for you to ID, I just could not find much information and I wanted to be sure.
Saturniidae, Automeris zugana.
http://www.bio-nica.info/Ento/Lepido/sat...
Please, read the whole story about Dan Janzen, the famous lepidopterist from Guanacaste!! http://aether.com/archives/the-species-t...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plantaspinu...
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/plantas...
http://www.tobinhammer.com/research.html...
Spotted on Jul 7, 2013
Submitted on Jul 13, 2013
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