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  1. 31-Dec-2008, 11:42 PM #1
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    Default Unknown Cat

    Hi all,

    Spotted this unknown cat. Is this a butterfly cat or moth? Looks more like a moth?




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    It looks like the cat of a species of Slug Moth. I think I've read somewhere that they are poisonous!
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    poisonous? Careful Bobby.

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    looks close to Darna pallivitta (Limacodidae)
    something of a polyphagous species (a pest at times, often in palm oil plantations)

    cheers, Roger.
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