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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By barbel Heusinkveld (BonaireTalker - Post #20) on Friday, July 9, 2010 - 7:46 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Hi everybody,
my husband found this caterpillar in the garden and was wondering what kind of butterfly it will become. Does anyone know?
Thanks!
my picture

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian ******* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4725) on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 5:55 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Try Tetrio Sphinx Caterpillar

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/caterpillars-and-pupa/page/4/

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian ******* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4726) on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 6:00 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3417

For the picture of the grown moth

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bas Noij -- www.vipdiving.com -- (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #591) on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 8:23 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Nice 1 Barbel! Who would have thought that such a pretty caterpillar would turn into a brown moth...lol

Get your orange gear ready...we'll see you here tomorrow for the match+birthday combi :)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ruth van Tilburg (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1338) on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 11:13 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Be careful though-as a caterpillar it's toxic, and if your dog/pets lick it, the poison can kill them.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mickey McCarthy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #862) on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 11:58 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Wow!
Ruth, your comment prompted a little search and I found this
page.
http://www.dailycamera.com/science-columnists/ci_15079202
I have seen both Frangipani and Smooth Billed Ani on Bonaire so it looks like everything fits. Watch out for those caterpillars.
Mick









 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By barbel Heusinkveld (BonaireTalker - Post #21) on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 3:42 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Wow, thanks everybody for the info.
Who would have thought such a beautiful caterpillar is poisonous and becomes a brownish moth?!?

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By J.J zambrano mazzei (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #204) on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 12:52 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

this carterpillar will become a butterfly soon......and then will eat all the palm trees on the Island, this butterfly is considerated a plague in Brazil,Spain,Jamaica,Venezuela, Colombia,Ecuador, Panama ,Guatemala, Honduras ,part of Guyana !

 


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