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Field Notes

Description:

It is a beautiful caterpillar with spines over body

Habitat:

It lives on sugarcane plants

Notes:

By this caterpillar there is no danger but it causes itching

Species ID Suggestions

Limacodid Moth Caterpillar

Phocoderma velutina (Kollar, 1844)

Reference Link
Võ Anh Tuấn
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Comments (8)
reddyvarun0011
Thank you https://www.projectnoah.org/users/SukanyaDatta for better information
reddyvarun0011
Thank you Võ Anh Tuấn and mauna Kunzah for giving information
reddyvarun0011
Sorry for information which I was put first. But it know to be poisonous,lives in cotton plants,by this all the farmers are afraid a lot. For Knowing the information I put this caterpillar
Võ Anh Tuấn
It's a poisonous caterpillar that, when provoked... it shoots out a highly poisonous, itch-inducing poison, but... this poison can't kill people.
mauna Kunzah
This is highly unlikely to have killed anyone, except in the event of an allergic reaction…
Võ Anh Tuấn
https://www.123rf.com/photo_59927907_close-up-stinging-nettle-slug-caterpillar-phocoderma-velutina-moth.html
SukanyaDatta
Welcome to Project Noah, reddyvarun0011. You have posted a photo of a beautiful caterpillar. It will grow up to be a moth. Moths are Insects. Insects belong to Arthropoda and I have corrected the category for you. Many caterpillars have hairs or bristles on their bodies that can cause itching if touched. I do not know the exact species but a search on Google gave this link: https://www.whatsthatbug.com/2014/10/12/stinging-slug-caterpillar-india/ Caterpillars of Genus Phocoderma look pretty similar (but not exact).
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2022

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