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Old 07-25-2009, 09:26 PM  
Cyandin
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LOL, my god yall are so silly.

It's merely a larva (caterpillar) of one of your native species of swallowtail butterflies. The eyespots are used as deterrents against predators, much like those of many moths in the Saturniidae family.

The entomology site I contribute taxonomic data to does not cover Central American insects, but I'm going to look around and see if I can nail down a specific genera for you.

At any rate, no need to freak out - if you happened to know what it's host plant was you could rear it into adulthood. I'll post again shortly.
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