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Marius Hairstreak Caterpillar

Rekoa marius

Photo by Juan DiTrani
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Comments (10)
Juan DiTrani
Thanks Gerardo!. I think this caterpillar is pink because is feeding on pink flowers. The question here is if they feed on a different plant they take those colors also.
HollyGreene
Looks like a made up cartoon made from strawberry jello. What a catch! <3
Juan DiTrani
mmm, you are totally right Cindy, your pictures looks very similar to mine. Could be even the same specie.
CindyBinghamKeiser
I agree with martinl on the Lycaenid suggestion. I have a somewhat similar spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7108515
KarenL
Wow, I've never seen anything like this before!
MartinL
Nice. This looks like the larva of a lycaenid (Blues) butterfly. I suspect it imitates the color of the flowers (pic#2) that it was feeding on when it was smaller. I have no local knowledge to ID more closely.

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PublishedJanuary 2, 2012

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