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Looper moth caterpillar

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

Another looper moth caterpillar with two mimic spines along its body.

Habitat:

On Golden Wattle.
My Lofty Nature Reserve.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
MartinL
Thanks for your suggestion, its gotta be close though.
MartinL
Mark, I am looking around the flowering golden wattle, for beetles, of course. There is a lot happening there today in spiders, hymenoptera and diptera. btw i did find the beetle i was looking for ;)
Mark Ridgway
..sorry wrong one http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chro/obtusat.html not enough prolegs
Mark Ridgway
3 in a row... did you put out some caterpillar bait !? Actually I know I've seen this guy with those horns... it'll come back to me (I hope)

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