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Original - Caterpillar of the family Arctiidae.The spiny bristles are a self-defense mechanism
Edit 1 Cloned out twig, presumed dust spot and paint brush mark.
Reason
Good quality and EV. I sent the image to 2-3 different specialists and none could identify any further than this. Has been stable in some of the articles for almost a month now
Articles in which this image appears
Caterpillar, Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, External morphology of Lepidoptera
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Promoted File:Arctiidae caterpillar edit.jpgMaedin\talk 06:34, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]