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Automeris cf larra

Photo by Les Catchick
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Field Notes

Description:

Very spiky caterpillar as in the photo.

Habitat:

Unmaintained area close to a main road in a fairly uninhabitaed area.
Altitude around 650 m. Close to Fortuna reserve.

Notes:

Saturniidae moth suggested.

Species ID Suggestions

Saturniid Moth (Caterpillar)

Saturniidae sp.

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Jamie Grant
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Automeris Caterpillar

Automeris cf. larra

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bayucca
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Comments (9)
bayucca
Saturniidae, Hemileucinae, Automeris sp., looks like being Automeris larra, which is also quite common in Peru.
DanielePralong
Saturniiid (Saturniidae) refers to a family, not a genus. Les, please kindly leave the scientific name field empty at this stage. Filling this field moves your spotting from the Unidentified list to the Identified one. As per our guidelines we use it only for the latin binomial name (Genus, and species when known). Thanks in advance!
Les Catchick
Thanks Jamie. I hadf looked at that photo and it certainly has a lot of similarities. I have found that things that look similar are not always related but I doubt I will get a better idea than yours.
Jamie Grant
I have seen some images of caterpillars belonging to this genus that are very similar to yours, but I can't narrow it down to the exact species.
Les Catchick
Thanks Jamie and Maplemoth662. How can you tell the genus without a specific ID?

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