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Pseudosphinx tetrio
Black and white striped, large caterpillar with red head and orange forelegs.
Found feeding on an unidentified plant in a yard.
Feeds on plants of the dogbane family, Apocynacea. Which have toxic sap which makes them toxic to predators. Considered a coral snake mimic in Costa Rico.
Spotted on Aug 6, 2021
Submitted on Aug 6, 2021
2 Comments
Thanks Ornithoptera. The Frangipani tree is a a well known species of Plumeria. The plant these caterpillars were feeding on was so trampled down I didn't bother to try and figure out what it was. Plumeria is a genus in the family Apocynacea.
Awesome find!
Looks like the plant is Plumeria, which is also it's main hostplant.