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Peppermint Looper caterpillar

Paralaea beggaria

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A tiny striped caterpillar with a red face. About 22mm long.

Habitat:

On eucalyptus leaf in local sports park.

Notes:

MOV5 <br>
Eats myrtaceae. Found in Victoria and Tasmania. <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:86… <br>
family: GEOMETRIDAE <br>
subfamily: Ennominae <br>
tribe: Nacophorini <br>

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Paralaea beggaria

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
Mark Ridgway
Found a match in MothsOfVictoria5 - Marylin Hewish.
Mark Ridgway
I think this looks more like your Paralea than my other one. An ID on this one might be unlikely :-(
MartinL
I wonder if these are the same. I do think you have paralaea but a young one might be hard to ID http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38664364
Mark Ridgway
I don't know Sergio. There's a few weird things about this one. It seems you noticed the empty looking skin behind it. Also the bomb-like fins at the read end and the hood over the front are interesting... I guess it'll make sense soon. Pretty colours on this little guy anyway.

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PublishedSeptember 2, 2013

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