Fuzzy Blue Caterpillar II
by Peggy Franz
Title
Fuzzy Blue Caterpillar II
Artist
Peggy Franz
Medium
Photograph - Photography/macro
Description
un Facts:.....he Eastern Tent Caterpillar is the most social of the Missouri caterpillars. Typically they move out to feed three times a day- before dawn, mid-afternoon and after sunset. They leave a pheromone trail between the feeding site and the tent. When a caterpillar discovers a particularly good site, it leaves a stronger trail, sometimes recruiting the whole colony.Although they would appear to be sitting ducks for predators, they have their defenses. When attacked by a parasitic insect attempting to lay its eggs on a caterpillar, it starts thrashing about, followed rapidly by the whole colony, creating a confusing target. Caterpillars feeding on cherry leaves acquire cyanide from them which they can regurgitate on predators. Needless to say, few birds (except for the cuckoo) acquire a taste for them.Perhaps the most amazing thing about them is their construction skills.
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June 1st, 2013
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