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Lasiocampidae
GIANT caterpillar, wondering what kind of moth/butterfly it will become?? Found in the Wehea Protected Forest of East Kalimantan, Indonesia (Island of Borneo)
Spotted on Sep 23, 2010
Submitted on Sep 23, 2012
19 Comments
O_O That is huge!!!
Oh, and it's not my hand, it's my assistants hand. I took the photo :) I'm on vacation but will be home in a couple days and will look for the other photos of this guy, I took quite a few, including the one with the length measurement.
Thanks Chun :) I have a photo of this caterpillar next to a ruler, and off the top of my head can't recall the measurement. I'll find the photo for you.
Hi KaraNorby, can I ask you how long is your hand :-)
I want to know how long is the caterpillar so that it can
set the world record for the longest caterpillar !
Amazing. Things seem to become 'industrial strength' the closer they get to the equator. A great spotting. I wonder how big the moth will be?
That is a massive caterpillar!
What kind of adult does a caterpillar like this become?
Any kind it wants!!! :)
Nice spotting!
GOSH! thats what you call a BIG Caterpillar!!
I found this too in Indonesia, exactly in Bandung, West Java. I do not expect that the size can be as big as this. Amazing! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/170...
That's...... Really really big. I didn't know such big caterpillar exists. Wonderful spotting.
wow very big
Incredible!
Impressive!
Surprisingly, the adults are much smaller. I am not sure how do they do it.
So what does it turn into? I'm guessing a huge moth?
Nice spotting Kara.
I have spotted a similar species too and it is really huge!
Unfortunately, I will only upload it after several years.
Nice identification too Nuwan, that was the ID given to me too by What'sthatbug.com.
Holy crap! That is gigantic!
should be a moth caterpillar, maybe family Lasiocampidae (Lappet and Eggar moths)
whoa!! that's huge !