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Swallowtail Caterpillar

Heraclides sp.

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Snake mimic caterpillar... also a little bit of bird droping mimic

1 Species ID Suggestions

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bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
Swallowtail Caterpillar
Heraclides sp. Heraclides cresphontes (immatures, page 2)


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7 Comments

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 9 years ago

Hi, I added a video for this catepillar's behavior

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 9 years ago

ID updated

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 9 years ago

Thanks Kyle! and super thanks Bayuca for always helping me with my spottings!

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bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Either Heraclides cresphontes or Heraclides thoas.

Kyle A
Kyle A 9 years ago

What a fabulous spotting! Thanks for sharing.

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 9 years ago

Thanks Kibuyu!

Davidbygott
Davidbygott 9 years ago

Swallowtail family - similar to Papilio cresphontes, but in CR there are many possibilities!

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Diaz José Miguel
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Diaz José Miguel

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Oct 6, 2014
Submitted on Oct 6, 2014

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