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Nolid caterpillar

Carea angulata Fabricius 1793

Photo by IanWongkar
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Field Notes

Description:

Phylum: Arthropoda,
Class: Insecta,
Order: Lepidoptera,
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Carea angulata

Notes:

In Indonesia we know it as Ulat kepala besar (Big head caterpillar).

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Comments (4)
Chicquita
Ian, do you know the host plant? Nopayahnah, you right :) ...
MartinL
Notice in pics #2 and #3 that it is actually the thoracic segment and not the head that is huge. Possibly its imitating something else on the food plant??
MartinL
Impressive critter. It's also a beautiful moth that this caterpillar turns into. http://www.malaeng.com/webboard/index.php?topic=6406.0
Maria dB
looks a little bit like it's wearing an American football helmet! :)

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