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Post by jmg on Nov 17, 2021 10:32:29 GMT
Many thanks to anyone who can identify this caterpillar photographed at Relais Patawa in French Guiana!   |
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Post by borearctia on Nov 17, 2021 13:26:07 GMT
Looks like a skipper caterpillar.
Probably Pyrrhopyge thericles or Pyrrhopyge papius
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 17, 2021 13:44:35 GMT
Wow, superb larva! I wouldn't have imagined it is a skipper.
Adam.
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Post by jmg on Nov 17, 2021 14:49:30 GMT
Many thanks. According Butterflies of America, Pyrrhopyge papius don't fly in French Guyana.
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Post by borearctia on Nov 17, 2021 19:46:55 GMT
Sorry, the expression "probably" was wrongly chosen by me.
The mention of P. tericles and P. papius was only meant to be an example.
There should be quite a number of similar caterpillars in the Tribus Pyrrhopygini.
Did you breed the caterpillar?
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Post by jshuey on Nov 17, 2021 21:49:16 GMT
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Post by jmg on Nov 19, 2021 11:38:00 GMT
"Did you breed the caterpillar?"
No ! Sorry 😢!
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 19, 2021 14:13:28 GMT
Interesting, it was a huge caterpillar and I would never have thought it could be an Hesperiidae.
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