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caterpillar

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

extremely spiky, about 2" long

Habitat:

semi arid dry tropical forest

Notes:

I actually spotted 2 of these caterpillars during my few days in the Tatacoa desert.

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Comments (2)
Dan Doucette
Hahaha! I know, eh! It is extremely spiny. I'd take a bump into a cactus over this caterpillar any day!
Sckel
thought you had found three cacti. Just now I saw that it is a caterpillar.

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Caterpillars and larvae of the World
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2013 Best Wildlife Photo
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedAugust 24, 2013

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