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Ruddy Daggerwing

Marpesia petreus

Photo by bugadrienne
Published on Project Noah
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26.2379, -80.1248

Field Notes

Description:

Colorful caterpillar with tentacles.

Habitat:

They were on a Florida Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea).

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Comments (6)
Wow! Very interesting caterpillar!
Leonardo Castro
Love it!! As beautiful as the butterfly it will lead. Thanks for sharing! ;)
Dhiren
It's so nice and clear.. love it
bugadrienne
Thank you Faredin, I didn't even think about which order to put them in. I am considering adding more. Thanks EnvUnlimited, I will do that.
FaredinAliyevski
Amazing, especially the second photo so maybe you should make that as a first ;-)

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Animal Young of Florida
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Go.. Go.. Native - Florida
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Insects of Florida
Photographed
PublishedOctober 5, 2013

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