The last evening of Bug Shot 2012, I was in the “toy room” helping clean up. I had set up an aquarium for photographing aquatic insects the first night and hadn’t put it away, so I scooped everything out of it and was about to pick it up and dump the water out when I saw this clinging to the outside:
What a crazy cool caterpillar! I believe it is a curve-lined owlet caterpillar, Phyprosopus callitrichoides. It comes as no surprise that this is a woodland species. Can you imagine how hard it would be to see one of these on a tree?! I happily snapped a few shots, then I took it outside before I finished my cleaning.
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Reblogged from C.L. Goforth’s amazing blog The Dragonfly Woman
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Very interesting! I’ve never seen this type of caterpillar before.
Neither have I. I’ve seen overcooked bits of chicken or bacon look like that. But this thing’s walking around!! LOL
lol – sure doesn’t look like it should be able to walk around!