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Tussock Moth caterpillar

4 Comments

JordiPrats
JordiPrats 7 years ago

Nice spot, please consider to add to Butterflies and Moths of Indonesia mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2158...

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

very strange caterpillar.... great shot

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes..Tussack moth caterpillar..!!

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

It looks like a caterpillar in the family Lymantriidae to me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymantriida....

It looks very similar to a caterpillar in the genus Orgyia that occurs in North America, but I would be hesitant to see for sure that that could be the genus for this one.

IppitDoeana
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IppitDoeana

RW 05, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, Indonesia

Spotted on Feb 20, 2010
Submitted on Aug 20, 2011

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