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About 8cm long, spotted in Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
Family: Saturniidae-Sub family:Hemileucinae
Automeris rectilinea Bouvier, 1927 - ...
Automeris illustris (Walker, 1855) - ...
ID: Dr. Carlos Mielke Habitat: Cerrado
quite large caterpillar, about 5cm long with these amazing defense system