Thanks. That is the best answer I could find. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> 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 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
