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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Zygaenoidea » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Parasa » Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#4699 (Parasa indetermina)
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A dramatic puzzler - Parasa indetermina
Copyright © 2005 Mike Jennings

A dramatic puzzler - Parasa indetermina
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
August 1, 2005
Size: Half inch in length
This thing has been puzzling me for years. Caterpillar? Slug? Its the only one I've seen
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Contributed by Mike Jennings on 29 August, 2008 - 10:32pm
Last updated 30 August, 2008 - 5:12pm

Moved
Moved from Parasa.
… john and jane balaban, 30 August, 2008 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

I think it's in the genus Par
I think it's in the genus Parasa, family Limacodidae.
… Chris Grinter, 30 August, 2008 - 3:39am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I went searching based on your info and I found something VERY similar in the family you suggested. Colors varied somewhat but not much. Spiky protruberances were lime green in that picture!
… Mike Jennings, 30 August, 2008 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Both guesses are right..
In a way. This is a Slug-Caterpillar, the caterpillar to a moth. Here is more info on them. This one in particular I'm unsure of the species on, though.
… Illia-Shaundra Chavez, 30 August, 2008 - 12:25am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you, now I know where to look. Maybe I might yet pin it down. It would be nice to know exactly what it is. So striking, it looks more like it would be more at home on a coral reef that a flowering cherry in my yard.
… Mike Jennings, 30 August, 2008 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

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