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My friend Lori invited me to come to her native plant greenhouse,
Tennessee Naturescapes, today to see some interesting butterfly
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and moth caterpillars. I had been wanting to get a photo of a
Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly caterpillar for a long time. They are funny-looking little critters, they have large false eyes that make them look a bit like a reptile! These big black and yellow "eyes" are actually on its thorax, the true eyes are on its head which is tucked below. These are comical-looking caterpillars with their blue dots and fake eyes. As their name implies, they feed on Spicebush leaves.
Another, not so cute, caterpillar was feeding on leaves of a sumac bush. Lor
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i said s
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he had a run-in with one of these yesterday, it stung her when she accidently brushed against it, the pain lasted for over an hour. Saddleback caterpillars come with quite an arsenal of venom-filled spines. When I enlarged this photo (right) to sharpen it, I could see tiny drops of venom on the spines.
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The moths that these caterpillars become are dark and evil-looking too!
3 comments:
Wow, the Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar is so beautiful. That other guy was a little scary looking!
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