Your caterpillar8 photograph is not clear but let me hazard a guess: Noctuidae, Catocalinae (s.l.) probably in the genus Bastilla or Dysgonia, or (at longer odds) Thyas or Ophiusa. I have seen this caterpillar in SGNP, Mumbai and someone else has reported it from another State in India.
Cheers, Kiran Srivastava Mumbai [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vijay Barve Sent: 01 October 2008 00:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Can you please id these caterpillars. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anirudh Chaoji <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> com> Date: Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:28 PM Subject: FW: can you please id these caterpillars. To: butterflyindia@ <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> com Dear Vijay, Good morning. I am attaching pictures of a few caterpillars i had photographed in Navegaon National Park in August. Can you please help me id them? Regards Ani Anirudh Chaoji PUGMARKS Pune, India Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Off: 91-20-25539078, 66014112, 66014113 Cell: 91-9822 056736 Res: 91-20-65611577 You may alternatively mail to the Pugmarks address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> idays.com website: www.pugmarksholiday <http://www.pugmarksholidays.com> s.com www.pugmarksecologi <http://www.pugmarksecologix.com> x.com. <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=4081167/grpspId=1705083010/msgId =13749/stime=1222887621/nc1=4507179/nc2=5028928/nc3=5379228> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
