Fungus-eaten Caterpillar
PAPILIONOIDEA
-33.3817, 151.484
Field Notes
Description:
7 or 8cm long. Brown with spots down the side a spine at the rear and two "horns" about a fifth of the way from the nose towards the tail. It appears to be morphing into a leaf. Leaves are included. I can never identify Australian trees
Habitat:
This one was 2m off the ground among the outer fringe of leaves in a park beside a community centre and if this is a fungal growth then the disturbed nature of the area may have added to the caterpillars lack of immunity
Notes:
unable to find a reference in all of the caterpillar viagara fungus craze sites
Reference Links:
Caterpillars of Australian PAPILIONIDAE
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 11, 2013
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