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Heraclides sp.
Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars have two defensive lines. First one, they look like distasteful bird droppings (see photo #4). Besides that, they usually develop a large protrusion on the forebody, which mimics some dangerous thing, and helps it to keep predators away. And indeed, dangerous this cat seems to be! A masterpieceoff mimetism! Other swallowtail caterpillars can be seen here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/325... and here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/164...
Spotted on Jan 15, 2014
Submitted on Jan 15, 2014
2 Comments
These caterpillars are amazing. From one angle they look like a bird drop and from another they look like a lizard head. Take a look at this one http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/276...
i am sorry but that thing is hideous. cool spotting.