Colourful unusual caterpillar of cup moth, Doratifera vulnerans with red spines on red, green, yellow body on leaf on dark background in Aust garden
RMID:Image ID:FTJ1BC
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Contributor:
Stephanie Jackson - Australian insects collection / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
FTJ1BCFile size:
17.6 MB (432.6 KB Compressed download)Releases:
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2730 x 2250 px | 23.1 x 19.1 cm | 9.1 x 7.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
12 March 2016Location:
Queensland AustraliaMore information:
This caterpillar, the larva of teh Australian mottled cup moth Doratifera vulnerans raises its spines when threatened and can give anyone who touches it a painful sting. It was photographed feeding on the leaves of a native melaleuca tree in the photographer's garden