BTW-I was standing under a Sal tree Shorea robusta at WII, Dehradun,
when a larva that looked very similar fell out of the tree! We handed
it over to Dr. Uniyal to rear, so will check what came out of it!
rgds
Sanjay Sondhi
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On 24-Dec-10, at 8:00 AM, balakrishnan valappil wrote:
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This moth was reared some months back and was processed a couple of
months ago
but unfortunately was not posted in the group ,but as Soubadra devi
posted a cat picture of
the caterpillar in Butterflyindia group I digged out this and posted
on flicker
Out of curiosity I kept the beautiful bubble like caterpillar and it
pupated within a couple of days. after a couple of weeks I found
this insect,the moult,the hard cocoon in the jar
first thought the wings were under developed but when I kept it on
floor it started crawling
and jumping to distances of 6-9 inches
I had seen a similar insect in the creeks of a dried wood some years
back,which I guess
didnt have any wings!
Krushnamegh suggested to post this in the group saying it could be a
Limacodidae moth,which he had seen before
Experts please shed more light on this
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