Okay, one more image from Costa Rica. I totally forgot that I took all kinds of images of toads, frogs, tree frogs, snakes, butterflies, moths and flowers etc. on my cell phone so I thought I would post my absolute favourite cell phone image.
iNaturalist says this is an Automeris Postalbida moth caterpillar. I certainly can't claim in any way, shape or form that I’m a moth or butterfly expert, however I certainly enjoy observing them like I do all wildlife, I guess I just never really took the time to learn about them. However, this is by far the coolest caterpillar I’ve ever seen. I found him on the wall of the lodge at Arenal Bird Observatory. It’s from the family Saturniidae and was first described by William Schaus in 1900. They are found in Costa Rica and Ecuador.
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