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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

amazingly hairy caterpillar, hard to even see the body, my guide warned me not to touch

Habitat:

primary rainforest

Notes:

One of the coolest caterpillars I've ever seen. It hardly moved while I photographed it.

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Comments (12)

Very neat! No bird or lizard would want that stuck in it's throat!
It looks like a funny hairpiece! Very cool critter.
Thanks Carol, Leanne, Gerardo and Antonio. This one blew my mind too!
Awesome Dan,amazing catterpilar,very good spotting ,congrats and thanks for sharing
Looks like your cat's hairball. LOL!!!! That is really amazing. It looks like fuzz/cloth.

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