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Orange-barred Sulphur Caterpillar

Phoebis philea philea

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Description:

One of the longest but hard to see caterpillars, blended so well with the bush, that if it wasn't because Pamsai (PN member visiting Costa Rica from India) wanted to take a closer look at the eggs that a gorgeous large white Butterfly she was taking pictures of was laying, we would have miss them

Notes:

The Butterfly: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/21353604
I am almost sure this is the Chrysalis (even though I have the wrong ID for it) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38083197

Species ID Suggestions

Orange-barred Sulphur

Phoebis philea

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Comments (5)
pamsai
Great, thanks Gilma. The last shot on that link looks remarkably like your Cloudless Sulphur Chrysalis spotting!
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Thank you so much for the ID, EarlyStages. Most of my Catepillar's spottings have not been ID, I thought this one would not be either....so happy!! Pam, here we go, we got an ID, we even have a link to see what the butterfly looks like. : )
EarlyStages
Also http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16481369

Spotted for Missions

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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Paso Pacifico Survey
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El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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Life in Costa Rica
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PublishedOctober 22, 2013

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