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Banana Skipper caterpillar

Erionota thrax

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

slightly ridged caterpillar, about 5cm, multiple generations per year

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this at Tawau Hills Park.

Reference Links:

Erionota thrax

Species ID Suggestions

banana skipper caterpillar

Erionota thrax

Reference Link
Scott Frazier
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Comments (3)
ChunXingWong
Can you identify this Erionota spotting please, Scott. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/207536098 Dan and I spotted this one night in the canteen just beside where this caterpillar is spotted. Could they also be the same species ?

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PublishedApril 1, 2014

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