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Common Sailor caterpillar

Neptis hylas

Description:

It has a very large head with two sharp short spines on the third segment, a pair of short spines above the last segment, and smaller spines on the remaining segments. found feeding on a Urena sinuata (Malvaceae) plant

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6 Comments

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

Thanks Noel!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Wow!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

Thank you Rieko!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

I love this.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

Thanks Tic!

TicThapanya
TicThapanya 10 years ago

amazing caterpillar

NuwanChathuranga
Spotted by
NuwanChathuranga

Alawwa, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Jun 23, 2013
Submitted on Jun 24, 2013

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