Caterpillar of the day: Xylophanes [germen?] — by Unknown on

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In the Cacao Sector of the ACG today I finally saw my first early-instar Xylophanes sp. caterpillar (I think Xylophanes germen ) . Green wi...

Caterpillar of the Day: Neococytius [cluentius?] — by Unknown on

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This caterpillar was observed at the San Gerardo Station in the ACG. I saw this individual twice, so I have photos from both the pre-penulti...

Continuing on the theme of masquerade... — by Unknown on

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As promised here are some photos of that caterpillar that was peeking out in one of the photos in my last post. This is another Prepona sp ...

Non-caterpillars and coincidental eyespots — by Unknown on

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I set out today looking for caterpillars in the forest here in Santa Rosa (ACG). Finding caterpillars is no easy task, but can be fun and ve...

Caterpillar of the day: Morpho sp. — by Unknown on

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So far I have come across 2 caterpillar specimens of what I just found out are Morpho sp. Morphos are one of the world’s most beautiful cre...

Clicking Warrior Butterflies! — by Unknown on

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Today I visited a new Sector of the ACG - Munde Nuevo. After driving some severely eroded roads and crossing though a stream we arrived at ...

Lanturn Fly (Fulgora lanternaria) — by Unknown on

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I know this is supposed to be a blog about caterpillar eyespots, but I couldn't resist posting these photos. This lantern fly flew over...

Automeris zugana PWND!!!!!!!!!!1 — by Unknown on

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I came acorss these images of a tailless whip scorpion eating an adult Automeris zugana on the ACG photo database . As far as I know this p...

Caterpillar of the day: Caligo atreus — by Unknown on

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Caligo atreus  ( Nymphalidae ) I observed this species when I was at the San Gerardo station in the ACG. Until this one I had never seen ...

Caterpillar of the day: Automeris sp. — by Unknown on

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At the end of an exciting day of photographing several examples of the snake mimic Prepona sp . at the Cacao station the parataxonomists ret...

Caterpillar of the day: Xylophanes sp. — by Unknown on

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There is a genus of Sphingidae moths that where eyespots are particularly common: Xylophanes . Many of the species here have just the pair ...