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larva, caterpillar, chrysalis?

Description:

A tiny caterpillar, pupa or chrysalis. I first thought it to be a very small caterpillar owing to its markings. The light patches bordering the red lines are actually gold-colored in sunlight.

Habitat:

Found on a dried leaf in a large semi-urban yard & garden adjacent to a disturbed remnant patch of forest.

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8 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Wow! Very interesting!!

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Thanks, Argy & Kadoka. I'll investigate!

Kadoka
Kadoka 11 years ago

Wow interesting.

I do believe it is related to the skiff moth... the larva are similar

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

maybe Prolimacodes group... ?

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

The 2nd picture looks like some kind of alien cat.

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

I only spotted it because sunlight caught the gold flecks briefly; it was quite tiny!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Interesting that looks like some of the Shield bugs. Very different cocoon or chrysallis.

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Aug 18, 2011
Submitted on Aug 18, 2011

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