JEWELED CATERPILLAR
Family: Dalceridae
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It looks like a gummy bear caterpillar!
The slug-like caterpillar of a dalcerid moth (family Dalceridae). These rare caterpillars are covered with sticky, gellatinous tubercles. Peruvian Amazon.
Caterpillars of the dalcerid moth Dalcera abrasa, a common pest of coffee plants, have also been found to feed on Qualea, which is a flowering plant genus in the family Vochysiaceae. These plants occur in the Neotropics and their wood makes good timber and firewood and is used in construction.
Fact Sources:
http://dbpedia.org/page/Qualea
http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/372324/enlarge
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