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3 Comments

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Wow Grandioso futurista ::

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

agree with ForestDragon! Erebidae, Lymantriinae, Orgyiini - Orgyia sp.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Though I don't know the species that live in Malaysia, I can say that this is most likely a Tussock Moth caterpillar.
It would be Genus Orgyia.
Some examples from the USA, they look quite similar:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/335/bgpage...

Malcolm Abidin
Spotted by
Malcolm Abidin

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Spotted on Jan 29, 2012
Submitted on Feb 6, 2012

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