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Eudocima sp.
I picked up this caterpillar on my clothes at a waterhole in the middle of Mbuluzi Game Reserve, Swaziland
thanks bayucca for the family ID. All those links will have to wait for a while I'm afraid as the internet here is S-L-O-W, and my priority at the moment is to get the spottings up.
Erebidae, Calpinae, Ophiderini. Must be an Eudocima sp., Fruit Piercing Moth. A global pest, there are 8 species found in South Africa, but no info about the caterpillars. The links are from all over the world and only for illustrating the genus, not the species.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudocima_hy...
http://www.markoshea.info/images/timor6_...
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/plantnerd/...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/plantnerd/...
http://gallicissa.blogspot.ch/2010/10/fa...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBID...
Eudocima fullonia is quite a common one.
Spotted on Mar 27, 2014
Submitted on Mar 30, 2014
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