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Caterpillar

Habitat:

Tropical forest

Notes:

Hair causing intense irritation

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12 Comments

Jonathan Guyot
Jonathan Guyot 11 years ago

Thank you MayraSpringmann and ArvinMemaphu

ArvinMemaphu
ArvinMemaphu 11 years ago

nice..

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Great capture!

Jonathan Guyot
Jonathan Guyot 11 years ago

Thank you Adarsha B S and Leuba. Thank you LaurenZarate for giving me some indices for the ID. Yes it really looks the same genus. I gonna find !

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

There is a very furry Noctuid caterpillar of the genus Acronicta (A. americana). Maybe your white ones are also Noctuids?

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

very interesting but it looks a little too warm - great spotting !

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Thats just superb!

Jonathan Guyot
Jonathan Guyot 11 years ago

You're true LaurenZarate ! :) for the night, because during the day, it's almost hot !

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Great fur coat for the cold of Cusco!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Is it competition or cooperation?

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Very cool looking caterpillar! Fuzzy! <3

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Very interesting spotting. Thank you very much for sharing.

Jonathan Guyot
Spotted by
Jonathan Guyot

Cusco, Peru

Spotted on Oct 2, 2012
Submitted on Nov 4, 2012

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