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Field Notes

Description:

I saw many of these bright orange colored caterpillar with black stripes and white hairs that was on Haloxylon salicornicum (halophyte-salt bush) in the Sharjah (UAE) desert in January. Have not been able to id it yet.

Habitat:

Haloxylon salicornicum (halophyte-salt bush), desert

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Comments (2)
AjmalHasan
Thx Nicole. I wonder too esp. after finding more of his species yesterday :)
NicoleB
That's a Beauty! Wonder what he will turn into!

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