Family: Limacodidae (Saddleback Caterpillars)
Species: Parasa pseudorepanda (Hering, 1933)
Common Name: Nettle Caterpillar
Location: Toa Payoh Town Garden
This is a beautiful but malicious pest caterpillar endemic to East and South East Asia. The green grub with a blueish stripe on its back (Blue-striped Nettle Grub) infested already many other Asian countries, especially Japan.
- Source:
The Pest ChroniclesNote 1: "This larva looks closer to P. pseudorepanda (a species group)" - ID by Roger Kendrick.
Note 2: Chinese name is 肖媚綠刺蛾