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Golden Birdwing

Troides rhadamantus

Description:

"Gelatin-like" caterpillars

Habitat:

urban garden

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18 Comments

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks Diane!

DianePlatcoBrooks
DianePlatcoBrooks 11 years ago

Beautiful larvae. This looks to be closely related to our Pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor. The orange thing protruding from his head is the osmeterium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmeterium

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks Ismael!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Wonderful!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Muchas gracias MayraSpringmann :-)

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Fantástico, Noel!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks again EarlyStages!

EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago

Yes, dark larval morph of T. rhadamantus. Here's what your cats will look like when full grown . . .
http://www.butterflyworldltd.co.uk/resou...
. . . and the light form that is also known for this Filipino species:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/695...

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

EarlyStages, thanks for that info. Maybe it's troides rhadamantus. http://www.nagypal.net/ttrhadam.htm Sorry, no full shots of the caterpillars. I appreciate the assist :-)

EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago

Noel, Troides helena doesn't fly in the Philippines, nor do larger larvae have pinkish tips to their tubercles – for example http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2011.... Do you have any full side shots of the bigger caterpillar on the right?

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks NuwanChathuranga!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

great spotting !!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

I agree. Thanks JshuaAsel!

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

they look like carefully detailed gelatin carvings :p nice shot!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks Atul!

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

lovely!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks KarenL!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Awesome spot Noel!

Noel Buensuceso
Spotted by
Noel Buensuceso

Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Spotted on Jul 14, 2012
Submitted on Jul 14, 2012

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