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Ruddy Daggerwing Caterpillar

Marpesia petreus

Photo by Ismael Chaves
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A very nice looking caterpillar, i found it feeding from a ficus pumila http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_pumila

Reference Links:

Marpesia petreus (northern segregate) (immatures)

Species ID Suggestions

Ruddy Daggerwing Caterpillar

Marpesia petreus

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bayucca
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Comments (2)
bayucca
Nymphalidae, Cyrestinae, Marpesia petreus. http://bugguide.net/node/view/94881/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/191946/bgpage

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El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
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Caterpillars and larvae of the World
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Insects of Costa Rica
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedJuly 23, 2014

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