Tag: caterpillar defenses
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Whistle While You Eat
Forget your trouble Try to be Just like the cheerful chickadee And whistle while you work ~Alternative lyrics to the Disney song from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs A brief post today to share a remarkable scientific study on an unusual caterpillar behavior. In an earlier blog, I mentioned the unique sound-producing capabilities of Read more…
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Heads or Tails?
There will always be scary predator eyes looking out at us from the bushes – it’s just that most of the time they are mounted on the rear end of a happily munching caterpillar. ~The Caterpillar Lab, Sam Jaffe, Director On a walk at Yates Mill Park the other day, I came across one of Read more…
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Poop, Pose, and Pastry
Reality is easy. It’s deception that’s the hard work. ~ Lauryn Hill Nature is full of deception. And now it is being touted by none other than the New York Times. A recent article on caterpillar defenses caught my eye. Researchers studied the late stage larvae of the Canadian Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis). The larvae are Read more…
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Caterpillar Conundrum
I have been away a few days celebrating a major birthday (hard to believe it is that number) and returned to find a few caterpillars from BugFest still active (most were released the day after the event). I was particularly pleased to see the snappily-attired Turbulent Phosphila munching away on its host plant, Greenbrier (Smilax Read more…
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Cool Cats
“Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.” Bradley Millar Caterpillars are cool. I have been fascinated by these diverse and sometimes outlandish creatures for decades and have found them to be one of the best gateways for introducing people to the Read more…
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They Grow Up So Fast…
It seems like just yesterday they were just a gleam in their parents multifaceted eyes, and then, before you know it, they are off to pupation college. I reported on some egg-laying of butterflies and moths in recent posts and decided yesterday to go out and look for the young ones out in the garden. Read more…
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