Dear Ramjee, You have got the caterpillar of COMMON CASTOR butterfly. Yes rear it in a large bottle and enjoy. Your closeup photography is excellent. Location though important, you need to record the species of the plant that a caterpillar was feeding on - you might stumble upon a new record!!! cheers! Isaac
--- On Sun, 29/11/09, Ramjee Nagarajan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ramjee Nagarajan <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Raising caterpillar... To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 29 November, 2009, 6:01 PM Dear Friends, Vanakkam! Greetings from Chennai. This morning (Sunday, 29 November 2009) I had a chance to visit Pallikaranai a wetland in the city. I got to see this bright greenish caterpillar, with a characteristic human-skull like face (inset Image). Would like to learn the id of this. Location: 12. 57 N & 80.13 E (Google map) Also, am planning to raise it in a bottle to get more images and watch the pupa turn into butterfly. would like to learn the tips to do the same (apart from bringing fresh leaves of the host plant every morning… :~) Should it be kept near a window, shade, etc., etc., Will upload more pics and keep you updated on the progress. Thank you. Regards, ramjee The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Enjoy
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