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6 Beauty in Geometry -
6 Spiny Warted Frog - Theloderma horridum -
6 Pleurobranchus weberi -
5 Borneo Pygmy Elephant - Elephas maximus borneensis -
7 Trilobite Beetle - Platerodrilus ruficollis -
6 I have Tears in my Eyes! -
6 Framed! -
7 Hugs with hundred legs -
![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=1763596810&Signature=%2FZlTdOR%2FpKH3RN5%2BotEdk%2FMIvGQ%3D)
6 Caterpillar of Euploea boisduvalii -
6 Achilles Tang - Acanthurus achilles -
7 Changing Clothes! -
7 Unique! -
6 Erebid Moth - Ischyja ferrifracta -
6 Silky Owl - Taenaris horsfieldii plateni -
6 Black Orchids -
6 Flowers - Wallisia cyanea -
5 Vampire Crab -
6 Eights Spots? -
8 Issid Planthopper - Gergithus sp. -
8 Black Jack - Caranx lugubri -
8 Peggia sp. #3, Tribe Zoraidini -
6 Blanket Octopus - Tremoctopus violaceus -
6 Spanish Dancer -
7 Mosaic Boxer Crab/Pom-Pom Crab - Lybia tessellata