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Calliteara pseudabietis

Habitat:

Satoyama (secondary forest)

Notes:

caterpillar of poison moth. is visibly wrong sort! Yellow and red Mohican hair-style

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Common name might be Lymantriine Moth or Tussock Moth or Ringo-doku-ga, please, check the link, there is also a name "apple toxic moth" mentioned.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10394300@N0...
Very similar to our Calliteara pudipunda:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/834...

KeitaroMichihata
Spotted by
KeitaroMichihata

生駒市 (Ikoma), 近畿 (Kinki Region), Japan

Spotted on Nov 12, 2013
Submitted on Nov 12, 2013

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