scientific name : Euclea delphini
common name : Spiny oak slug
information : Green (usually), orange, or red; in green forms, handsomely marked with yellows, oranges, reds, or combination of these. Body with numerous yellowish lobes each bearing 15-50 black-tipped stinging spines. Two pairs of longer lobes at tail end subtended by dense, triangular fascicle of blackish detachable ("caltrop") spines.

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