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Coconut Nettle Caterpillar

Setora nitens

Description:

About 0.5", maybe in 2nd or 3rd instar out of 8 instar..

Habitat:

Found at tea plantation

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12 Comments

RickBohler
RickBohler 10 years ago

WOW...cool little guy!

AndreaLim
AndreaLim 11 years ago

Stunning photos of a beautiful caterpillar. Good spotting!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

~Fantastic capture!!!

JorgeSilva2
JorgeSilva2 11 years ago

Nice one!!"

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 11 years ago

Thanks a lot bayucca..

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

One of the only Limacodidae I was able to ID until now, tricky genus, tons of them around the net, but almost none have an ID.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/951...
http://sinobug.aminus3.com/image/2011-11...

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 11 years ago

Thanks all..

EmilieChich
EmilieChich 11 years ago

Incredible spotting!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Awesome find!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Incredible colours!

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Pretty colors and very nice spotting.

folicallychalled
folicallychalled 11 years ago

Stunning creature!

Dave

Jason Alexander
Spotted by
Jason Alexander

Jawa Barat, Indonesia

Spotted on Feb 1, 2013
Submitted on Feb 1, 2013

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