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Looper moth caterpillar

Description:

Another looper moth caterpillar with two mimic spines along its body.

Habitat:

On Golden Wattle. My Lofty Nature Reserve.

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4 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

Thanks for your suggestion, its gotta be close though.

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

Mark, I am looking around the flowering golden wattle, for beetles, of course. There is a lot happening there today in spiders, hymenoptera and diptera.
btw i did find the beetle i was looking for ;)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

..sorry wrong one http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au... not enough prolegs

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

3 in a row... did you put out some caterpillar bait !? Actually I know I've seen this guy with those horns... it'll come back to me (I hope)

MartinL
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MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Aug 28, 2014
Submitted on Aug 28, 2014

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