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Nolid caterpillar

Carea angulata Fabricius 1793

Description:

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Nolidae Genus: Carea angulata

Notes:

In Indonesia we know it as Ulat kepala besar (Big head caterpillar).

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4 Comments

Chicquita
Chicquita 11 years ago

Ian, do you know the host plant? Nopayahnah, you right :) ...

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

Notice in pics #2 and #3 that it is actually the thoracic segment and not the head that is huge. Possibly its imitating something else on the food plant??

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

Impressive critter. It's also a beautiful moth that this caterpillar turns into. http://www.malaeng.com/webboard/index.ph...

Maria dB
Maria dB 12 years ago

looks a little bit like it's wearing an American football helmet! :)

IanWongkar
Spotted by
IanWongkar

Jakarta, Indonesia

Spotted on Dec 23, 2011
Submitted on Feb 8, 2012

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