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Isognathus Sphinx Caterpillar

Isognathus caricae

Description:

The Beautiful Isognathus Sphinx Caterpillar is a Moth of the Sphingidae family, it's widespread from Costa Rica, French Guiana, Argentina, Colombia ,Brazil and Peru, it doesn't have a breeding specific date, so there can be multiple generations per year, the Caterpillar (shown in this picture) feeds usually from Himatanthus obovatus, Allamanda cathartica and Alamanda schotii.

Habitat:

Tropical Forest

Notes:

You can see a close up of the sting in the fourth picture. Unlike most caterpillars this one's sting is fairly long

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Isognathus Sphinx Caterpillar
Isognathus caricae Lagarta Isognathus Caricae | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


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32 Comments (1–25)

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

A beautiful caterpillar....

KathleenMcEachern
KathleenMcEachern 10 years ago

Very beautiful! Missed this one when you posted it!!

Carol Snow Milne
Carol Snow Milne 11 years ago

WOW! So stunning. No words to describe this! Gorgeous!

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Thanks everyone for your comments! :)

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

WOW! Incredible!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Fantastically beautiful!

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Indeed!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wonderful!

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Thanks ArtexSquared

ArtexSquared
ArtexSquared 11 years ago

Beautiful!

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Thanks! Stephen.

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Yes ! You're right! I never realized that! hahaha

SarahWhitt
SarahWhitt 11 years ago

COOL!! He looks all "Halloweeny"... :)
Phenomenal series!!

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 11 years ago

very nice series

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Thanks Riekos and AliHp one of the most beautiful caterpillars in my perspective!

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

wow! very very nice..:)

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Very very beautiful shots. I really love the colors.

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Description has been updated!

SusanRuffanerGahagan
SusanRuffanerGahagan 11 years ago


Spectacular!

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Another example the nature give us of how gorgeous the life can be! Thanks for the comment! :)

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Amazing colors and it looks velvety! How gorgeous!

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Thanks Maria! I agreed with all this good comments people has posted, thank you!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Wow, what an amazing pattern this caterpillar has! Wonderful series, Phillip!

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Thank You Antonio for your kind words :)

Wow Philip,great capture beautiful series,congrats and thanks for sharing

Nimbid Ditavi
Spotted by
Nimbid Ditavi

Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia

Spotted on Dec 31, 2012
Submitted on Jan 4, 2013

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