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Photo by RachelleSmith
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Description:

My husband ran across this creature hiking in the jungle. We don't know if it's a large caterpillar of some kind or what it might be, I'm sure someone out there knows what it is.

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Comments (5)
KristenGilpin
A moth caterpillar, likely a wild silk moth (Saturniidae) by the size and 'horns'.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2011

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