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I had seen hairy caterpillars but this blonde hair is the best I have ever seen. It moved quickly, about 5 cm long (2 inches).
Semi tropical forest in the mexican Pacific coast.
Spotted on Sep 4, 2012
Submitted on Sep 18, 2012
17 Comments
Thank you Argy Bee
Thank you Ashish, it could be a Tussock Moth type caterpillar.
Congratulations Luis. A super collectoin of 1000.
Tussock Moth type caterpillar.
looks like a catipiler
Congrats Luis... 1000 for such beautiful spotting....
Thank you Sergio and Neil D
Terrific spotting Luis! Congrats on 1K!
Beautiful, Luis. Congrats.
Thank you Cindy, Nuwan, António and Dan for your kind words.
Congrats on 1000 Luis! Welcome to the club. Great spot to go with it too. Hopefully someone (bayucca?) can ID it.
The hair of this caterpillar is wild. Thanks Carol and Patty
very cool Luis ,Great 1000 th spotting congrats ,welcome to the 1000th club,keep your fantastic work,thanks for sharing and thanks for your entusiasm :)
great find Luis !!
Congratulations on your 1,000th spotting! This is a cool caterpillar :)
Beautiful caterpillar and series Luis! The caterpillar' s irregular hair gives it sort of character =) (This would be a great pet for uncle "It" from the Adam´s family ; ) )
Bad hair day! LOL