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Wicked Hairdo by ~lizardman1988:iconlizardman1988:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Invertebrates

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This is one helluva caterpillar. 6" long, and armed to the teeth. And yes, caterpillars that look like this are venomous, or at least will give you one hell of a histamine reaction.

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~S-h-a-d-o-w-7 Apr 4, 2009, 3:43:22 PM
Haha that thing is awesome! :D Kool shot

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~lizardman1988 Apr 4, 2009, 4:02:41 PM
finding it certainly elicited some interesting reactions (WOAH!! what IS that thing?!?!?). It was also found on a handrail of a bridge at night... another reminder to watch where you put your hands in the rainforest!!
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~S-h-a-d-o-w-7 Apr 4, 2009, 4:27:32 PM
Haha I bet! We found some pretty kool looking caterpillars here and it made us all excited, but they are nothing compared to this one! xD

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~lizardman1988 Apr 4, 2009, 4:33:37 PM
yeah, this one takes the cake for the weirdest insect I've ever seen. It turns into some species of moth, but I wonder if anyone knows which species? Its actually not known what most caterpillars turn into.
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~S-h-a-d-o-w-7 Apr 4, 2009, 10:27:55 PM
Yea, it's probably pretty hard to determine what moths caterpillars turn into. Unless you go out and catch them and see what they turn into. But you'd have to keep them under the right conditions and feed them the right stuff etc etc. But I dont know much about them so i dunno how easy or hard that would actually be xP

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~lizardman1988 Apr 5, 2009, 8:07:10 AM
Turns out its pretty darn hard, although there is (was?) a group working on it for eastern US moths.
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~S-h-a-d-o-w-7 Apr 6, 2009, 12:25:42 PM
Well good luck to them xP

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*dllavaneras Apr 14, 2009, 8:06:29 PM
Awesome! It probably belongs to the subfamily Nymphalinae. I did a quick search and the closest looking caterpillars I have in my books are those from the genus Polygonia, although there are a few differences.
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~lizardman1988 Apr 14, 2009, 8:14:29 PM
Hmm, it does look like a caterpillar in Polygonia, but those seem much too small. This guy was about 4-5 inches long. IDing it will probably be pretty tough...
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