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Caterpillar

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Field Notes

Description:

Small caterpillar, about 3 cm long, looks a little like a dry leaf.

Species ID Suggestions

Leafwing on its protective frass perch

most likely Siderone galanthis or Zaretis spp.
EarlyStages
2

Comments (2)
EarlyStages
Please see . . . www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10657988 . . . for more information on this remarkable defensive behavior.
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PublishedJune 21, 2011

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