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Unknown Insect

Description:

Some kind of strange insect. May be a type of snail.

Habitat:

Spotted in a thick vegetation area in Nepal. 7500 ft height. Rain forest area.

Notes:

Found on a leaf. Placed itself still. Doubted whether its a actually an insect or not, even if be, whether it is alive. But is alive and and an insect. May be it is a kind of snail.No shell, but notice two thorns on its back. Second picture if side view. It is about half an inch in length.

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2 Comments

HenkWallays
HenkWallays 9 years ago

looks like a pupae of a moth or butterfly ...

SG in CR
SG in CR 9 years ago

It's a butterfly pupa or chrysalis.

MahabaleshwaraB
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MahabaleshwaraB

西藏自治区 (བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་), Paracel Islands

Spotted on Aug 20, 2014
Submitted on Sep 6, 2014

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