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Photo by JessicaSA
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Field Notes

Description:

A large hairy caterpillar with it's front/back end reddish-brown and the other half black.

Habitat:

Found on a clump of dry grass in amongst green grass in the Drakensburg.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
WildAdventress
looks a lot like Rhodogastria similis www.facebook.com/groups/caterpillarrg/ this is a pretty cool FB group if you ever need help in ID'ing a caterpillar :)

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PublishedMay 10, 2014

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