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Field Notes

Description:

This gorgeous caterpillar has a white mark in its back that resembles a spider's web.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Mark Ridgway
Sorry Fyn - Just realised you're talking looper moths I'm talking looper caterpillars 8-} common names - sheesh !!
Sergio Monteiro
It looks a bit like this one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17383098
Mark Ridgway
Loopers are usually Geometridae. Plusiinae is Noctuidae.
Fyn Kynd
Looks like a Looper - Plusiinae.

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Caterpillars of Parana, Brazil
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2014

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