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Photo by LarryGraziano
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Field Notes

Description:

This is some kind of caterpillar that had cut itself a circular leaf and "glued" it to its' back. it was spotted on hibiscus

Habitat:

Tropical humid forest in SW Costa Rica

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
LarryGraziano
I wish I could Jolly...this was from a month ago and 600km from my home! Thanks Harsha
Jolly Ibañez
It would be nice if you could turn the leaf and photograph the underside. We might still learn something from it.
NicoGuevara
Trychoptera larvae do the sane, but they live underwater.. I'm not sure what the trychoptera larva looks like from up close, though. At some point they have to come out of the water to turn into a kind of moth.

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Paso Pacifico Survey
Mission
El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
Mission
Insects of Costa Rica
Photographed
PublishedAugust 10, 2012

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