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Shag Carpet caterpillar

Prothysana sp.

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4 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago

There is a paper by Olaf Mielke, maybe you find there some more infos.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 4 years ago

Thank you so much Neil and bayucca. bayucca, I am leaning to P. terminalis, just want to do some further research on it.

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 4 years ago

Beautiful spotting of this extraordinary caterpillar, Sergio. Wonderful photos.

bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago

Hi Sergio. In this case I think Prothysana cf. felderi would be a valuable compromise. However, probably nobody knows, how the caterpillar of P. terminalis looks like.

Sergio Monteiro
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Sergio Monteiro

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Spotted on Feb 16, 2020
Submitted on Feb 17, 2020

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