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Swallowtail Caterpillar

Heraclides sp.

Description:

Not sure which instar stage but this measured about 1.5" long.

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica 6 weeks into the rainy season.

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3 Comments

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

amazing sergio! that is the point maria...it looks like a bird dropping as a defence measure!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

It blows one's mind to know that that ugly, bird dropping like thing such a beautiful butterfly will emerge!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

very nice spotting; I don't find it very attractive though :{

LarryGraziano
Spotted by
LarryGraziano

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Spotted on May 31, 2012
Submitted on Jun 14, 2012

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