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Saturniidae

Procitheronia principalis

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Description:

Procitheronia principalis (Saturniidae, Ceratocampinae)

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Comments (10)
Stephanie R.
Such a wonderful looking caterpillar! It looks like it has sprinkles on it:)
KathleenMcEachern
Gorgeous spotting! If you could add some habitat information where you found this and any notes of a personal nature about the spotting, I would love to nominate it for Ranger Spotting of the Week!! Welcome to Project Noah!
The MnMs
Precious! One of the most beautiful caterpillars I have ever seen, thanks for sharing! :-)
Sckel
uau. maravilhosa. já te vi no grupo de borboletas. seja bem-vido. :)

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PublishedAugust 21, 2014

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