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Harrisimemna trisignata
This caterpillar was feeding on leaves in a winterberry bush ( Ilex verticillata). The second picture is the same caterpillar 2 days after the first picture was taken.
Spotted on Aug 16, 2013
Submitted on Sep 5, 2013
12 Comments
Thanks ChiefRedEarth!
Amazing! Amazing!
Agreed!
staccyh that's what makes nature so wonderful, the mix of weirdness and beauty.
Really cool and a bit gross all at once! Nice :)
Sergio, you're right. I just read that they often have earlier shed head capsules adhering to thoracic setae. I photographed it again 2 days later and the head capsules were still attached to the hairs.
Tom, those parts hanging from the cat's hair look like pieces of its old skin. Also, it looks a bit "wet", like a freshly molted cat.
Thanks Sergio and Leonardo. It wasn't molting, it arches back like that when it thinks there's danger around.
Unbelievable!!!!! That's a lot of extravagance for me! :)
Wow!!! I need to find something like this one!!! I guess it was molting...?
Martin, this one is an odd looking caterpillar, but being so ugly is what makes it attractive:-)
This is UGLY! but the moth is pretty. Its often the other way around