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Ruddy Daggerwing

Marpesia petreus

Description:

Colorful caterpillar with tentacles.

Habitat:

They were on a Florida Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea).

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6 Comments

Dima
Dima 10 years ago

Wow! Very interesting caterpillar!

Leonardo Castro
Leonardo Castro 10 years ago

Love it!! As beautiful as the butterfly it will lead. Thanks for sharing! ;)

Dhiren
Dhiren 10 years ago

It's so nice and clear.. love it

bugadrienne
bugadrienne 10 years ago

Thank you Faredin, I didn't even think about which order to put them in. I am considering adding more.
Thanks EnvUnlimited, I will do that.

EvaMartínTaberna
EvaMartínTaberna 10 years ago

It's a wonderful animal, nice photo.

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

Amazing, especially the second photo so maybe you should make that as a first ;-)

bugadrienne
Spotted by
bugadrienne

Pompano Beach, Florida, USA

Spotted on Sep 28, 2013
Submitted on Oct 5, 2013

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