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Saturniid moth caterpillars

Saturniidae: Hemileucinae: Hemileucini

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Field Notes

Description:

A bevy of caterpillars with black and white stripes, blue heads and red feet. Approximately 2.5 inches long. Unknown host plant.

Habitat:

Lowland Amazon Rainforest

Species ID Suggestions

Saturniid moth

Saturniidae: Hemileucinae: Hemileucini
FranziskaBauer
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Comments (22)
Maria dB
How cool - they look like decorated slinky toys! :>)
Josh Asel
Wow that is sweet to look at. Congrats :)
Fyn Kynd
Awesome sighting! Congratulations AmazonWorkshops!
AmazonWorkshops
@FranziskaBauer. Thanks for the ID suggestion. Any chance you can share a link to a photo of the adult moth?
AmazonWorkshops
Thanks everyone for your notes and suggestions! We are super excited about Amazon Awareness Week on Project Noah and will be posting more photos ASAP now that we are back from Peru!
LaurenZarate
Wonderful caterpillars, love the blue heads. They look right out of Alice in Wonderland! Congratulations on SOTD.
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Amazing!! They are so beautiful!! Congratulations on the Amazon Awareness Week. I am hoping to run into then here in Costa Rica, that would be awesome!!
Leuba Ridgway
Must have been an amazing sight- Congratulations !!
Debbie Stewart
Fabulous photo of these furry caterpillars :-) congratulations on the SOTD
Alabama
All info I've found says that these are beautiful, but POISONOUS. I can't nail down a scientific name, I'm finding them listed as Costa Rican Hairy Caterpillars.
Telse
Wow how beautiful! Congratulations.
bayucca
Great spotting! Congrats!
KarenL
Congratulations! For day 2 of Amazon Awareness Week we are featuring this bevy of caterpillars with black and white stripes, blue heads and red feet. Amazonian rainforests have unparalleled biodiversity and are home to about 2.5 million insect species – many yet to be documented! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153023166650603&set=a.10152383557885603.943728.10150120463815603&type=1 https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/357332133250998272

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PublishedJune 2, 2013

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