Caterpillars of the World

Caterpillars of the World

Photographs by Adrian Hoskins ( unless stated otherwise )

Photographs taken in Peru, Guyane Française, England, Singapore & West Malaysia.

Caterpillars are extraordinarily diverse in shape, colour and pattern. Their appearance changes, often dramatically, each time they shed their skin. The thumbnails below link to full size images and information about each species. There is also a wealth of information about caterpillar biology on the Lifecycle pages.


Megalopygidae sp 001	Sphinx ligustri	Lasiocampidae sp 003

Automeris liberia	Limacodidae sp 005	unknown sp 006

Arctiidae sp 007	Prothysana felderi	Malacosoma neustria

Hypolycaena erylus	Limacodidae sp 004	Moduza procris

Lymantridae sp 010	Acharia nesea	Heraclides thoas

Attacus atlas	Phaedyma columella	Lexias pardalis

Pseudodirphia uniformis	Lasiocampidae sp 014	Isognathus leachi

Polyura schreiber	Othreis fullonia	Tridrepana fulvata

unknown sp 016	Euproctis similis	Temenis laothoe

Megalopygidae sp 073	Brenthis daphne	Parides anchises

Hasora badra	Eumorpha triangulum	Lasiocampidae sp 017

Eumorpha fasciatus	unidentified sp 026	Euphaedra sp 672

Nudaurelia zaodeae	Cyclosia papilionaris	Liphyra brassolis

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