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The larva is covered in a straw-like mass called 'frass', aka feces. (see ...
My daughter who first discovered these larvae called them "Shitterpillars". 1cm ...
The larvae hold up a bit of poop (frass) and exuviae to deter predators.
the debris over the back of the body, forming a
-brown. There are three larval instars. The larvae display the habit of ...
skins and frass on a structure called an anal fork, which it positions over ...
(excrement) to make a protective shield, ...
upon the particular species. They all have black heads, prothoracic
A remarkable little tortoise shell leaf beetle that mimics a bird dropping. It ...
called an anal fork, which it positions over its body as a
glands. In more advanced species, the first five abdominal segments are often ...
