White Ermine Moth caterpillar (Spilosoma lubricipeda)

If there's ever a Larvae Olympics, you could do worse than put your money on this speedy and determined caterpillar, for the 100 metres sprint!

Watch it burn the ground up under its (many) feet, here:

comments (3)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Whoa, for sure the fastest I've ever seen! Posted 4 years ago
1. Philip Booker
  
  Lion
  
  That is the original speed, too!
  Posted 4 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

I've never seen a caterpillar move so fast! Posted 4 years ago

The White Ermine

The White Ermine is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found throughout the temperate belt of Eurasia from Europe through Kazakhstan and Southern Siberia to Amur Region, China, Korea and Japan. In China several sibling species occur.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Philip Booker