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Unknown Caterpillar

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Field Notes

Description:

Approx 6cm - had wrapped itself in a heliconia leaf, stuck together at intervals and has been eating from the top of the leaf down

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Mark Ridgway
Interesting one. Maybe a pic of the legs? Maybe a sawfly larva??

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El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
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Caterpillars and larvae of the World
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Insects of Costa Rica
Mission
Caño Palma Biological Station - BioBlitz Barra!
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PublishedMarch 2, 2014

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