by Matthew Cobb
As I write, terrible hobgoblins are stalking throughout Europe. To celebrate Hallowe’en, here’s a nice tw**t with the Jack o’ Lanterns caterpillar. The butterfly, which lives in India, is a rather dull brown affair, but the caterpillar is stupendous.
Common Awl caterpillar (Hasora badra) aka Jack-o-lantern Caterpillar , red/orange face and black “carved out” feat. pic.twitter.com/5MpWVuTvAN
— Sofía Martínez-Villalpando (@sofiabiologista) October 31, 2014
Reblogged this on macrocritters.
Ah, I was sittin’ here wondering what the heck was ‘black carved out feat.’ Then I figured out she means ‘features’!
.. and very cool caterpillar!
Ha, ha, what an appropriate little larva. 😀
Or hail hydra!
Oops 🎃
in keeping with this night’s celebrations, bbc.com has a cool article w/ video on “microscopic vampires”; Vampyrella lateritia and Leptophorys vorax feeding on algae.
Does it eat pumpkin?
Are those black spots eyes? What about the “nose” and the ones on the “cheeks”?
OK, this is proof that God really does have a sense of humor. (/sarcasm)