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Heliconius charithonia
These are butterfly larvae from La Fortuna de San Carlos, Costa Rica. I believe the butterflies in the 3rd photo are the same. Could they be heliconius butterflies? http://www.latimes.com/science/scienceno... Maybe Sara Longwings? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Longwi... If anyone knows the species, let me know! Thanks :-)
That is creepily fantastic and fascinating all at the same time. :) A great spotting!
Hi, the butterfly is Heliconius charithonia. Could you please add the spotting to the mission "Insects of Costa Rica"? ¡Pura vida!
Spotted on Jan 19, 2015
Submitted on Feb 19, 2015
