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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

bizarre looking, spiky caterpillar, about 2"

Habitat:

primary rainforest

Notes:

One of the more unfriendly looking caterpillars I spotted in the amazon.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Carol Snow Milne
Wow, a crazy cat. I thought it was some type of beetle larva (tortoise) at first.
Andrea Lim
WOW what a spiky looking caterpillar! Good spotting Dan

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Colombia Wildlife
Mission
Caterpillars and larvae of the World

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PublishedMarch 28, 2013

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