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Phoebis philea caterpillar

Phoebis philea

Description:

At around 10 cm (4 in) this was one of the biggest caterpillars I've seen till now. ID provided by EarlyStages.

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4 Comments

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

Wow! Awesome spot! We have Carolina Sphinx - (Manduca sexta) caterpillars http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/... that get up to 6-9 inches long!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Grande macro!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

WOW! That is big! Nice caterpillar!

TMetcalf
TMetcalf 11 years ago

It looks like some sort of caterpillar. Anyway, nice series.

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Nov 26, 2012
Submitted on Nov 27, 2012

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