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Death's-head Hawkmoth caterpillar

Acherontia lachesis

Description:

a later instar caterpillar ( hwnce the whitish color - since the fellow was ready to pupate soon ) with oblique body stripes and a prickly tail horn that is curled at the extreme tip

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2 Comments

SachindraUmesh
SachindraUmesh 10 years ago

thank you Chamalka Dulmini =) this guy pupated soonafter these pics were taken. the adult can be seen here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/636...

Chamalka Dulmini
Chamalka Dulmini 10 years ago

nice one!

SachindraUmesh
Spotted by
SachindraUmesh

Sri Lanka

Spotted on Sep 20, 2013
Submitted on Oct 31, 2013

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