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Euthrix potatoria - Caterpillar rolled up A few of these sitting still on Willow twigs on a cold and foggy December day, but when touching the twig there was plenty of life in them and this one rolled up in defense. Shot its neighbour without touching its twig:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105411/euthrix_potatoria_-_caterpillar_stretched.html" title="Euthrix potatoria - Caterpillar stretched"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/105411_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=zqGM6Bj3sRmF9XpmGIbk0Z%2B1f68%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Euthrix potatoria - Caterpillar stretched A few of these sitting still on Willow twigs on a cold and foggy December day, but when touching the twig there was plenty of life in them:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105410/euthrix_potatoria_-_caterpillar_rolled_up.html Caterpillar,Drinker,Euthrix,Euthrix potatoria,Geotagged,Lasiocampidae,Lasiocampoidea,Netherlands,Pinarinae,Schiermonnikoog,Selenepherini,nl: Rietvink" /></a></figure> Caterpillar,Drinker,Euthrix,Euthrix potatoria,Geotagged,Lasiocampidae,Lasiocampoidea,Netherlands,Pinarinae,Schiermonnikoog,Selenepherini,nl: Rietvink

Euthrix potatoria - Caterpillar rolled up

A few of these sitting still on Willow twigs on a cold and foggy December day, but when touching the twig there was plenty of life in them and this one rolled up in defense. Shot its neighbour without touching its twig:

Euthrix potatoria - Caterpillar stretched A few of these sitting still on Willow twigs on a cold and foggy December day, but when touching the twig there was plenty of life in them:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105410/euthrix_potatoria_-_caterpillar_rolled_up.html Caterpillar,Drinker,Euthrix,Euthrix potatoria,Geotagged,Lasiocampidae,Lasiocampoidea,Netherlands,Pinarinae,Schiermonnikoog,Selenepherini,nl: Rietvink

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Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Beautiful! Posted 4 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Lisa, normally I don't like the black backgrounds (due to flash), but with this one it came out about right ;o) Posted 4 years ago

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The Drinker

The Drinker is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in Europe.

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Uploaded Dec 11, 2020. Captured in Prins Bernhardweg, 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands.

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