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Common Baron Caterpillar

Euthalia aconthea

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EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago
immature Slug Moth
Limacodidae family Limacodidae caterpillar - Google Search


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13 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/184...
Here is the butterfly which 'I saw on my last visit.
Caterpillars love the mango tree.

Rajas Deshpande
Rajas Deshpande 10 years ago

Dear Ashish & all sorry for extreme late reply.. I was busy in some work..

this is 3rd instar of common baron caterpillar.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Rajas if any doubt confirm with Butterflies of India community on FB. I have no doubt about Common Baron.....

Rajas Deshpande
Rajas Deshpande 11 years ago

I sure that this is common barron cat..

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

I agree with EarlyStages, slug moth for sure.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Rajas have taken more pics of another angle of this caterpillar... please upload.
This caterpillar not have Moth characteristics...

EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago

Thanks Ashish! Yes, a careful check of the links you provide nicely shows that this is NOT an Euthalia (butterfly) caterpillar.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago
EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago

Common Baron caterpillars look very different . . .
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43988908@N0...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Cool

Rajas Deshpande
Spotted by
Rajas Deshpande

Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Nov 17, 2012
Submitted on Dec 3, 2012

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