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Vine Hawk Moth's False eye caterpillar

Hippotion rosetta

Photo by DeeSA
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Vine Hawk Moth's False eye caterpillar

Hippotion rosetta

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Ashish
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Comments (14)
Ashish
Welcome Dee...!! False Eyes of your spotted Caterpillars are truly captivating...
DeeSA
thanks very much AshishNimkar
Ashish
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/rosetta.html
Ashish
Its wel distributed in Australia like India.
Uday
Its a hawk moth caterpillar!
Ashish
Must be Close relative of the Caterpillar seen in my spotting... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7497726
Ashish
False eye caterpillar belongs to a Hawk moth.

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PublishedMay 10, 2011

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