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Looper caterpillar

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A large looper caterpillar was collected to discover its adult form.
It has only one pair of pro-legs and a dustinctive brown patch on its belly.
The pupal molt took about one week to achieve and was completed on about April 6th

Habitat:

Found in a suburban bushland.
Now is captive until the adult emerges.

Notes:

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/enno/anthrac.html (?)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
MartinL
Thanks Lauren. He is eating a long way from where he's sitting.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Caterpillars and larvae of the World

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PublishedApril 6, 2014

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