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A lime green caterpillar with a bright pink stripe bordered in dark blue running down the length of the back. It has a wicked collection of spine tufts, green and tipped in black. The head end is kept tucked out of sight with the mouthparts underneath the two green fleshy flaps seen in the fifth picture. The back end has 4 black cone-like protrusions in addition to the spine tufts. Found on a low palm-like plant, semi-rural residential area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, 2,200 meters. The palm may be where it intended to pupate and not its host plant, since there was no sign of any feeding marks on any of the fronds.