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Giant Silkworm Moth Caterpillar (Lonomia obliqua) front view -
Giant Silkworm Moth Caterpillar (Lonomia obliqua) -
Calotes with caterpillar breakfast. -
Heart -
Bubble Gum? -
Mottled Cup Moth ♂ (Doratifera vulnerans) -
Caterpillar of Phocoderma velutina -
Stinging Nettle Slug Caterpillar -
Glow! -
Saddleback Caterpillar - Acharia stimulea -
Skull butterfly caterpillar -
Morpho epistrophus cf. argentinus - Epistrophus White Morpho / Borboleta-da-Coronilha (Fruhstorfer, 1907) -
White-marked tussock moth caterpillar - Orgyia leucostigma -
![Caterpillar of Euploea boisduvalii I posted pics of this Caterpillars I found in Fiji to another forum for ID help.
Was surprised when told that this was a 'special' observation and he requested for more pics and full resolution pics to have a better look at them and make comparisons. He later posted his analysis/comparisons and mentioned that this is most likely Euploea boisduvalii by eliminating the other known species of Danaids recorded from there.
And if he is correct, then this could possibly be the first published photos of the caterpillar of this species! :)
This person has expertise in immature Butterflies (Caterpillars) and this is his observations :
According to my possibly dated references, the danaids reported for Viti Levu are:
* Danaus plexippus – LOOKS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
* Euploea boisduvalii – MATCHES TEXTUAL DESCRIPTION
* Euploea leucostictos – LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT
* Euploea lewinii – PATTERNING SAME, BUT NOT COLOR & TUBERCLES, ON RAROTONGA (http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/showImage.asp... [http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=9392])
* Euploea tulliolus – 3 PAIRS OF TUBERCLES
* Tirumala hamata – 2 PAIRS OF TUBERCLES
Thus, all considered, either Euploea boisduvalii (my vote; if correct, these being the first "published" photos) or the Fijian subspecies of E. lewinii. Butterly,Caterpillar,Euploea boisduvali,Euploea boisduvalii,Fiji](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2994/69135_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1672876810&Signature=Hk7wbFYco0FfGr8roHNqJeBiLUc%3D)
Caterpillar of Euploea boisduvalii -
White-dotted Prominent - Nadata gibbosa -
Schizura concinna -
Psyche casta -
Papilio machaon -
Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillar - Euchaetes egle -
Oenochroma vinaria moth larva -
Definite-marked Tussock Moth Caterpillar - Orgyia definita -
Osmeterium! -
Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar - Lochmaeus manteo -
Milkweed Tussock Caterpillar