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Hooded Owlet Caterpillar

Cucullia sp.

Description:

Multi colored caterpillar (5 colors). Red, yellow, white, black, and orange . Head like zebra pattern. False head in the tail. About 3 cm long.

Habitat:

Oak and pine forest

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5 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Andrée. I went twice over all the caterpillars in the Bug Guide link but I didn't find a exact match. New specie ha ha.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thanks Andrée

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Sergio and ThisIsMe04

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Beautiful, Luis. Great catching, my friend.

ThisIsMe04
ThisIsMe04 11 years ago

Cool!

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Sep 15, 2012
Submitted on Sep 17, 2012

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