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Caterpillar inventory of Conservacion Guanacaste (Image 4)
A wild adult female moth, species Citheronia lobesis (Saturniidae). Her forewing is about 6 centimeters in length. Her large abdomen contains about 150 eggs, which she will lay in the next five days and which will hatch in about six days. This is one of the focal animals of a research project, "Collaborative Research on Microbial Diversity in Caterpillars," exploring the microbial diversity and ecosystem found in the guts of caterpillars who feed on Spondias mombin (Anacardiaceae), the project's focal tree. The target location for the project is Conservacion Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, where a National Science Foundation-supported inventory of caterpillars is being collected. The complete inventory is available online Here. [Image 4 of 4 related images. Back to Image 1.]
Credit: Daniel H. Janzen
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