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Photo by Adarsha B S
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Description:

This caterpillar gave me a surprised look :)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
AgnesAdiqueTalavera
ID - Erebidae, Lymantriinae, Nygmiini. Adi, pls see Nuwan's iNaturalist post similar to this: Image - http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/946928_505268626204482_429660644_n.jpg Discussion - http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252998
Adarsha B S
@Chief: Thank u Chief...Legs look like robotic legs!
Adarsha B S
@Jolly : Yeah..but red coloration in the middle n legs are different....
Jolly Ibañez
It looks like a yellow tussock moth caterpillar (Euproctis lutea)
Adarsha B S
@Leuba : I added third pic, by which you can observe size....Thank you :) It was around 4-6 cm in length...

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PublishedNovember 20, 2012

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