One weird caterpillar!

 

James says I have eagle eyes. I guess I do. Because I spotted this odd-looking critter while walking through the Meadow a couple of weeks ago. It was munching on branched noseburn (Tragia ramosa). I did some sleuthing, like what hosts on that plant species? I turned up the common mestra (Mestra amymone). There are VERY few images of this caterpillar. Now I know why!

An adult mestra