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Oleander Moth Caterpillar

Syntomeida epilais

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Description:

Photo take in a mangrove area this is small like 4 cm at most very common this time of the year.

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Comments (6)
Carol Snow Milne
Cool! Spring is almost here and then I can find some insects!
Gerardo Aizpuru
Actually no i think this is not a endemic plant seems like ornamental plant.but it grows around a mangrove tree.
ceherzog
Great! I guess it was just cruising around on the Mangrove as that would not be a larval food source....or is that a vine growing in the Mangroves?
ceherzog
It sure looks like the Oleander Moth Caterpillar: https://www.google.com/search?q=oleander+moth+caterpillar&hl=en&rlz=1G1TSHB_ENUS384&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=WW00T5uIJIXq0gHe-OHYAg&ved=0CEAQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=910

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PublishedFebruary 9, 2012

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