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Caterpillar

Photo by auntnance123
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Field Notes

Description:

approx. 2 1/4 inches

Habitat:

spotted on walkway at hostel on the Baru River

Notes:

I don't believe this poor fellow was still alive because it didn't react to either the woasp or the fly.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
auntnance123
Or maybe dropped by a bird. I've searched the silk moth larvae but to no avail. I thought the "fingers" toward the front and the distinctly slanted rear end would be clues.
Jacob Gorneau
How interesting. Perhaps it was parasitized as well. One of the silk moths.

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Mission
Path of the Tapir Biological Corridor
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 29, 2012

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