Thanks Keith for the info. Unfortunately, the guy died yesterday without showing any signs of distress. As usual fed it in the morning with fresh leaves and checked in the afternoon when I found it dead. Was feeding well all this time. Hope the one with Yashodan is doing fine. regards Parag Rangnekar"Man is but a small strand in the web of life, what he does to the web he does to himself....."
--- On Sun, 11/29/09, Keith Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: From: Keith Wolfe <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Larval moth ID To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 12:44 PM Dear Yashodan and Parag, I happened to stumble upon the identity of your colorful caterpillar. Its name is Trypanophora semihyalina (sorry, no English vernacular mentioned): * http://i173. photobucket. com/albums/ w45/et-2007/ DSC05567corprs. jpg (Hong Kong) * http://www.flickr. com/search/ ?q=Trypanophora&w=all&s=int&referer_searched= 1 (HK, plus photos of adults) * http://www.nhm. ac.uk/jdsml/ research- curation/ research/ projects/ hostplants/ list.dsml? searchPageURL= index.dsml&Familyqtype= starts+with&Family=&PFamilyqtype= starts+with&PFamily=&Genusqtype=starts+ with&Genus=Trypanophora&PGenusqtype= starts+with&PGenus=&Speciesqtype= starts+with&Species=semihyalina&PSpeciesqtype= starts+with&PSpecies=&Country=&sort=Family (numerous hostplants in India, including Careya) Best wishes, Keith -- Enjoy
