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Common Baron caterpillar

Euthalia aconthea

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Field Notes

Habitat:

live at mango tree (Mangifera indica)

Reference Links:

Euthalia aconthea, Butterflies of Singapore: Life History of the Baron

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Comments (29)
vivianlaion
i am actually quite curious where are the eyes?
vivianlaion
my god what an amazing camouflage characteristic! Took me some hard gazing to figure out what's that ahaha
QWMom
great pictures!!!
drP
Amazing spotting!
ceherzog
how wonderful...the world is such an amazing place
Jolly Ibañez
Beautiful series. I hope you will be able to document its emergence.
Carol Snow Milne 2
Oh wow! This is double wow! Amazing! So incredible. Great SPOT!!!!! I hope this gets SOTD because I just love it!
SuzannaSetiawaty
Hi Gilma .. when I saw this caterpillar, my mango tree was small with few leaf.. so it help me to notice there is something creepy on the leaf :D
HemaShah
The Butterfly, http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/18441017
Jacob Gorneau
What a nice caterpillar! I love the branch-like protrusions! They remind me of ferns. Awesome spot!
AshleyT
This is crazy how well it blends in! Great spotting!
SuzannaSetiawaty
Thanks for sharing, Hemma.. I never saw the butterfly although I have the caterpillar and its chrysalis :)
HemaShah
Suzzanna, I recently spotted a Common Baron Butterfly. i am extremely delighted to see this gorgeous Caterpillar. Thanks so much for sharing!! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/18441017
SuzannaSetiawaty
Thanks all for your compliment ... the caterpillar eat my mango tree, Jason..
Jason Alexander
I've never seen this before in Bandung.. Great spotting!..

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PublishedFebruary 25, 2013

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