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Slug Caterpillar

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Field Notes

Description:

This strange caterpillar was on a palm leaf in Brazil. I can't find more info online, so pls help me :)

Species ID Suggestions

Monkey Slug Caterpillar

Phobetron pithecium

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Caleb Steindel
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Comments (5)
DDO
Thank You!! I'm still trying to figure out what kind of caterpillar this is!
staccyh
Wow, really interesting! Nice find :)
Caleb Steindel
welcome for the help dbo ;) bayucca can maybe clarify more, as he is the expert and i am not ;)
DDO
Thanks! I believe this is a Slug Moth Caterpillar in the family Limacodidae, and it looks very similar to a North American species, the Monkey Slug.

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PublishedMarch 31, 2014

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