Forest Tent Caterpillar

Dark-gray to brownish-black background body color, highlighted by broad, pale-blue lines and thin, broken yellow lines extending along each side; dorsum of each abdominal segment has distinct whitish keyhole or shoeprint-shaped marking; body has fine, whitish, and sparsely distributed hairs.

comments (2)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

What an amazing patterns, like a Persian carpet. And as often with moths, growing into a relatively dull adult:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_tent_caterpillar_moth#/media/File:Forest_Tent_Moth.JPG Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Ha! Yes, very carpet-like. I imagine that caterpillars need to look awesome, colorful, and often crazy so that nothing wants to eat them. Otherwise, they wouldn't reach adulthood and wouldn't reproduce. Likewise, it benefits night-flying moths to be small and dull so they can blend in... Posted 7 years ago