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Long green caterpillar with light white stripes. Has a thorn at the back.
They were spotted eating the leaves of a cashew tree.
Please, help me identify this caterpillar.
Spotted on Oct 17, 2013
Submitted on Oct 17, 2013
4 Comments
Maybe info about the host plant would also be helpful.
Thank you bayucca. I'll look into these and see.
Sphingidae, Hawkmoth Caterpillar, I would say. Could be a Macroglossinae, Dilophonotini, but I am not 100% sure.
Don't know what this turns into, but it's a wonderful capture!