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Black Saddleback Caterpillar

Acharia nesea

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Field Notes

Description:

Aboiut 2.5cm long

Habitat:

Feeding on Heliconia pogonantha leaves, forest edge near Cano Palma, Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge

Species ID Suggestions

Black saddleback caterpillar

Acharia nesea

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Ignacio Gamboa
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PublishedNovember 19, 2013

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