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caterpillar

Description:

Caterpillar with multicoloured body, and clusters of white tipped black hairs and the front and back.

Habitat:

Savanna/woodland

Notes:

Spotted on the road north from Siphiso Campsite, Mlawula Nature Reserve.

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2 Comments

KateBraun
KateBraun 10 years ago

This could well be it, the adult moth (Sena prompta) has been recorded from Mlawula.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Lasiocampidae as well in my eyes (not Lymantriinae).
Sena prompta?????
http://www.ispot.org.za/node/231419?nav=...
Just a hint...

KateBraun
Spotted by
KateBraun

Mbabane, Sifundza seHhohho, Swaziland

Spotted on Dec 30, 2010
Submitted on Jan 27, 2014

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