Thanks for the legwork! It was driving me batty! -- Walt
On 10/14/2011 9:55 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
I emailed a few scientists and one has replied that this is "caterpillar of a moth of the family Limacodidae". Can't confirm that, but it's kind of hard to prove that it isn't. Wikipedia says: "They are mostly tropical, but occur worldwide, with about 1000 described species and probably many more as yet undescribed species." Under "Caterpillars" it says: "The larvae are typically very flattened, and instead of prolegs they have suckers[2]. The thoracic legs are reduced, but always present and they locomote by rolling waves rather than walking with individual prolegs. They even use a lubricant, a kind of liquified silk, to locomote on[3]. . . . . The larval head is concealed under folds." Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska
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