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Red rim caterpillar

Biblis hyperia

Description:

1" long caterpillar

Habitat:

Rainforest

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Red Rim Caterpillar
Biblis hyperia Berry's Butterfly Photos - Berry's Butterfly Photos


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9 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Mayra!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Different!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks guys! I guess the next one will need to be double or quits Dominik!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Shaken not stirred, my name is bayucca, caterpillarman bayucca...
Thanks Keith for confirming I am happy that I got this one right, it was quite a tricky one for me! Thanks for the confidence! I got the double and the triple, what's next?? ;-)...

EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago

Yes, you are correct; hats off to Dominik! I thought it being both unhealthy and midsize would throw you off, but I was wrong. I am impressed – you have potential.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

This does look very like the example in the link though.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Comment of Keith concerning the appearance in Sergio's:
"Clearly a widespread Biblidini larva, but not the color I usually see."
It looks like yours might be an earlystages, ehm..., early instar of my ihopethejackpotwinninglittlecrazycaty. You are quite risky to already take my suggestion as ID ;-)... I would wait for Keith...

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Dominik! It looks very different in color to Sergio's spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/104...

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I did not have much time spending on this caty yet. But I think it is a Nymphalidae, Biblidinae. There is not much info on the web about this kind of caterpillars. My closest guess until now would be Biblis hyperia which might be very variable. I think my eyes see some orange part but missing the typical "wavy" creamy parts at the side of the body of the later instars.
Keith, I keep cool, shaken not stirred and get my white smoking jacket for the jackpot. Looser or winner???

KarenL
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KarenL

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Submitted on Dec 8, 2012

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