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Giant Silkworm Moth Caterpillar (Lonomia obliqua) front view -
Giant Silkworm Moth Caterpillar (Lonomia obliqua) -
Heart -
Stinging Nettle Slug Caterpillar -
Mottled Cup Moth ♂ (Doratifera vulnerans) -
Saddleback Caterpillar - Acharia stimulea -
![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=1573084810&Signature=8WrAgoKhHEtiaFQaqmjQyt5FhKU%3D)
Caterpillar of Euploea boisduvalii -
Calotes with caterpillar breakfast. -
Psyche casta -
Black Swallowtail Caterpillar -
Tyria jacobaeae - Various stadia caterpillars -
Tethea or - Caterpillar head detail -
Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar - Lochmaeus manteo -
Oenochroma vinaria moth larva -
Caterpillar of Phocoderma velutina -
Morpho epistrophus cf. argentinus - Epistrophus White Morpho / Borboleta-da-Coronilha (Fruhstorfer, 1907) -
Nature's bristle brush -
Mimicry.. -
Unicorn Caterpillar -
White-dotted Prominent - Nadata gibbosa -
Veiled Ear Moth Caterpillar - Loscopia velata -
Definite-marked Tussock Moth Caterpillar - Orgyia definita -
Caterpillar of Lorquin's Atlas Moth -
White-marked tussock moth caterpillar - Orgyia leucostigma