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Orange-barred Sulphur - Caterpillar and Cocoon
Phoebis philea philea (Linnaeus, 1763)
-22.5378, -43.2285
Field Notes
Description:
This caterpillar (photos 1-3) feeds on several species of Cassia, before start its last metamorphosis, closing itself in a cocoon (photo 4) to changing into a butterfly, when it leaves its cocoon empty (photo 5).
Habitat:
Open lowland sites such as gardens, forest edges, parks, road edges.
Notes:
The town of the coordinates (lat: -22.537780, long: -43.228490) that I used for search, is not DUQUE DE CAXIAS, as reports the search map tool of this page, but PETRÓPOLIS, as shown here:<br><br>
https://www.google.com/maps/place/22%C2%B032'16.0%22S+43%C2%B013'42.6%2…
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