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Lebeda cognata
Lebeda cognata - a HUGE caterpillar resting on a leaf. At 110 mm in length, it is extremely massive compared to other species. It is pale greyish brown in color to make itself looks like a heap of dried vegetation waste. The hairs at its sides also helps to blend it in its environment by breaking its shape outline. The 2 black pom poms or black "hairs" on top of the head act as a defense mechanism similar to Osmeterium, when threatened, those hairs will spread out - notice the slight changes on them between the 2nd and 3rd photo. "chinstrap"
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Specific plants in Rainforest Discovery Center (RDC), Sandakan, Sabah.
>>>Map accuracy : 200m diameter. A HUGE thanks to my sister who found this. I was only focusing on spotting tiny spiders and insects that I missed this large caterpillar! I hope this is the largest insect larva in the Malaysian or Bornean records!
Spotted on Jun 8, 2010
Submitted on Dec 12, 2013
27 Comments (1–25)
wow !!!! great spotting Congrats .......
Thanks Reza :-)
Congratulations !
Thank you all my friends.
I appreciate all of your great comments.
Chun,beautifull series,great spotting,congrats on the SOTD and thanks fro sharing
Lovely!! Congratulations on the SOTD, ChunXingWong.
Congratulations on SOTD with a great find!
WOW! amazing beastie!
Wow. What a beast! Congratulations Chun. You might need a bigger camera for those.
Very awesome find, Chun, congrats on sotd!
Great spotting! Congratulations!
Congrats Chun!
Congratulations! This very rare find. Thank you very much for sharing.
Awesome, impressive, congrats !!!
Amazing !!!Congrats Chun!!
Congratulations Chun for your lacy caterpillar.
Congratulations!!!
congratulations!!! wow.....
Congratulations Chun. Fantastic series.
Congratulations Chun! What a week it's been - our featured member and Spotting of the Day!
The giant lappet caterpillar lives up to its name, measuring an incredible 110mm in length, making it a contender for the largest insect larvae in Malaysia!
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Amazing.
A belated thank you to everyone.
Wow, so huge... I wonder how the eggs, cocoon, and the adult look like...
Nice caterpillar!
I looked up the adult moth, also good at camouflage! http://www.flickr.com/photos/gancw1/1010...