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Phobetron hipparchia
This is the most strange creature I have found in my garden. With about 4 cm, immobile, this guy is a caterpillar.
It seems it´s is missing the left back "leg".
@Rubens
Organism total ID contains 2 different Categories to eligible this Mission... like here Caterpillar- Arthropods and Monkey- Mammal. Same category total ID is not eligible for this Mission.
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1148...
Mimetic Animals of the World is made for Organisms have their form match with surroundings alike camouflage.
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8015...
Amazing! I would have named it a Sloth Slug. ") Great find and awesome shots!
Thanks Ashish,
Due to the Noah rules of local missions, I cannot subscribe to a local mission. Actually, I cannot even find it, as there is no keyword search for them and only the global missions are visible to everybody. I couldn't find "Organism Morph ID Mission" in global missions (which is why I assume it must be part of a local mission), so it's not possible to include this picture there. This restriction make sense, because in local mission we expect to see "local pictures", but sometimes we want to collect data from the same especies around the world, just to see how they adapt to different countries, and that's is not possible...
Anyway, thanks for the suggestion.
Welcome Rubens... Your every shot is a feast to learn about this amazing creature... Wonderful spotting.
About the "missing leg": It is actually not the real leg but some fleshy and hairy lobes or tubes which are not vital organs for the caterpillar. The would be easily disposed after being touched or threatened.
Rubens, esta é uma lagarta da família Limacodidae:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/846...
Rubens, this is a Limacodidae: caterpillar.
Spotted on Mar 17, 2012
Submitted on Mar 17, 2012
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