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03-08-2009, 01:22 PM
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| | | Black hairy red spotted caterpillar
Hope you can help me ID this, I have never seen anything like it before. Sorry about the quality, they were taken with a phone.
It had black tufty hair, red spots, a black patch on its back, black hairy antennae.   |
03-08-2009, 01:23 PM
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| | | Re: Black hairy red spotted caterpillar
Could it be a Vapourer Moth caterpillar?  |
03-08-2009, 09:39 PM
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| | | Re: Black hairy red spotted caterpillar
Hmmm I had a look at some pics of the Vapourer moth caterpillar. It does look very similar. Wish the pic we took was better ! You can't see the red spots it had on its side. I honestly haven't seen anything like this before !
LOL the more I read & learn on this site the more I realise you don't have to go to the tropics to find something exotic ! |
04-08-2009, 11:18 AM
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| | | Re: Black hairy red spotted caterpillar
I think it is a Vapourer - just an artistic impression of one! |
04-08-2009, 11:27 AM
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| | | Re: Black hairy red spotted caterpillar
Yes a Vapourer
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