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Pale Tussock Moth Caterpillar

Calliteara pudibunda

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Forest

Notes:

Finally my number 1000 goes to this amazing caterpillar I found 2 days ago.
And this is the same species I spotted in Denmark: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/37883028

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Calliteara pudibunda

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Comments (29)
FaredinAliyevski
Merci Emilie, happy to be in Gif...I'm surprised how green and beautiful it is. Almost like living in a mountain :)
EmilieChich
Wonderful spotting, and welcome to Gif-sur-Yvette, Faredin!
FaredinAliyevski
Thank you everyone! Yes, Daniele...from now on I need missions that are for french spottings and this part of Europe so thanks a lot.
HemaShah
cats is short form for caterpillar :)
DanielePralong
Congratulations on your 1000th spotting Faredin! You already have 5 missions selected for this spotting but if you're interested we have a local mission for the Île-de-France area: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/16927789
The MnMs
Happy 1000! and very pretty spotting chosen for it! :-)
HemaShah
wow ,you do have lovely cats here!
staccyh
Congrats on your 1000th spotting Faredin! Beautiful photo.
Sintija Valucka
Wunderbar! :) but I like this colour the best, it's so juicy! :)
FaredinAliyevski
I took both photos during a dark day so I used flash for both so there shouldn't be much difference. I think this one was bigger and also had more color. I think they differ in color by age, they can even get some kind of red color. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchen-Streckfuß
Sintija Valucka
It looks like this one has more hair! :) differences in colour are due to the lighting, not because this caterpillar is brighter, right? In the photo this one really looks more beautiful! ;)
FaredinAliyevski
Sintija, thanks! This one looked more beautiful than the one I found in Denmark :)
FaredinAliyevski
Thanks Cindy and Jemma! I found some before this one so it's not the first one.
Sintija Valucka
Very beautiful 1000th spotting! Congratulations! (>‿◠)
HemaShah
congrats! Is this also your first spot from France! Welcome to France.

Spotted for Missions

Wildlife in Ile-De-France
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European Butterflies and Moths
Mission
Moths of the World
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Caterpillars and larvae of the World
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2013

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