# Can anyone identify this caterpillar?

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-caterpillar/214388>\
**Category:** Science & Nature\
**Tags:** science, wildlife\
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-caterpillar/214388 "2021-12-01T16:19:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![LingH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@LingH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/LingH)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-caterpillar/214388/1 "2021-12-01T16:19:57Z")

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Can anyone identify this caterpillar? Munching on vine in Taipei  
 ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/c/d/cd1118fef06da57132879458966ee78415f07b70.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-caterpillar/214388/2 "2021-12-01T16:31:25Z")

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Hard to tell with the low resolution. It almost looks like a slug. Maybe something in Symbrenthia?

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**Author:** ![LingH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@LingH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/LingH)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-caterpillar/214388/3 "2021-12-01T16:48:46Z")

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Sorry, it’s my first post. I will try to add a clearer photo

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**Author:** ![urodacus](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/urodacus/32/69843_2.png) [@urodacus](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/urodacus)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-caterpillar/214388/4 "2021-12-02T14:31:29Z")

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Probably somebody _can_ identify your caterpillar.

Whether that expert posts in this forum is another question entirely.

Caterpillars are notoriously difficult to identify. For many Lepidoptera, the larval stage is completely unknown

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**Author:** ![LingH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@LingH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/LingH)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-caterpillar/214388/5 "2021-12-02T14:47:12Z")

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![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/b/a/bae633438f88714d8d0d5d65e3037bfd07269da7.jpeg)

Found it! It is ideopsis similis. 👍 Blue Glassy Tiger

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**Author:** ![urodacus](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/urodacus/32/69843_2.png) [@urodacus](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/urodacus)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-caterpillar/214388/6 "2021-12-02T22:44:19Z")

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> [@LingH](#):
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> ideopsis similis.

Good job, smarty pants!