Subject:Â pink dotted caterpillar
Geographic location of the bug:Â goa india
Date: 06/10/2019
Time: 10:01 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman:Â HI
my friend noticed this caterpillar.
here’s the photo i took . quite attractive colours.
I suppose it is a stage of a moth or butterfly
can you know what type moth or butterfly it turns into?
Thanks
How you want your letter signed:Â Carlos
Dear Carlos,
This caterpillar is quite colorful, but alas, we have not had any luck with an identification. Perhaps one of our readers will have better luck.
Update:Â June 11, 2019
Thanks to a comment from Karl, we now know that this is a Common Mime Caterpillar, Chilasa [Papilio] clytia. Â According to Butterflies of Singapore:Â “Across the range where this species occurs, the early stages feed on leaves of serveral plants in the Lauraceae family. The sole recorded local host plant, Cinnamomum iners (Common name: Clover Cinnamon, Wild Cinnamon), is a very common plant all over Singapore, readily found in nature reserves, gardens, parks and wastelands etc. It is a small to medium-sized tree with 3-nerved leaves. Eggs and early stages of the Common Mime are typically found on saplings at heights from knee to waist level.”
Looks like a Common Mime caterpillar(Papilionidae: Chilasa [Papilio] clytia).
http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Minibeast-Butterfly/Butterfly_Chilasa%20clytia%20clytia/Main.html
Thanks so much for this information Karl. We will update the posting.
Looks like a Common Mime caterpillar(Papilionidae: Chilasa [Papilio] clytia).
http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Minibeast-Butterfly/Butterfly_Chilasa%20clytia%20clytia/Main.html
Thanks Karl and bugman too for information on the caterpillar.