Caterpillar ID (1 Viewer)

[Paul Owen]

Please can someone ID the caterpillar attached - thanks

 

[maplekong]

Hello, where and when did you see it, and it what habitat? That might be useful for those who know about caterpillars and butterflies.

 

[Paul Owen]

Thanks for your reply. It’s the W Cape, specifically Plettenberg Bay. Coastal fynbos and on an indigenous Bush that I’m not sure of. Caterpillars mass on the stem after denuding the foliage - see pic

 

[creaturesnapper]

Lasiocampidae , possibly Barred Eggarlet — Bombycomorpha bifascia .

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[Paul Owen]

Lasiocampidae , possibly Barred Eggarlet — Bombycomorpha bifascia .

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