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Field Notes

Description:

Small catterpillar of butterfly, very fast, around 20 mm.

Habitat:

Riverside, Premontane RainForest Pacific Middle Elevations, Talamanca Foothills.

Notes:

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Species ID Suggestions

Santa Ana Tussock Moth - caterpillar

Lophocampa annulosa

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Comments (6)
bayucca
Definitely a Lophocampa sp., but not Annulata. I am tending towards Lophocampa maroniensis, but for that I would need to see the color of the legs and head. There are a lot of different Lophocampa around and it is very hard to separate both, adults and caterpillars from each other. I would go with Lophocampa sp. as scientific name. With that we are on the safe side.
tmvdh
Hi, it would be great if you could add this spotting -and others of insects from Costa Rica- to the mission "Insects of Costa Rica": http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/10022250
Paul Davis
It looks like the caterpillar of a Tussock moth ,but I don't know which species .

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PublishedOctober 9, 2018

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