The World of Caterpillars: Five Cute but Difficult-to-Mess-With Caterpillars

In animal species, caterpillars generally refer to the larvae of butterflies, also including moths. It is known that there are approximately 112,000 kinds of caterpillars, because caterpillars move slowly, so they are good at camouflage to defend themselves, the camouflage appearance, let them look very peculiar, let’s take a look at five cute and not easy to mess with caterpillars.One, the most internet-famous caterpillar – milkweed moth larvaMilkweed moths are distributed widely in China, and also in Africa, Iran, Afghanistan and other regions, the milkweed moth larva has a large and stout body, the most obvious is that there is a pair of black borders on the dorsal plate, blue and white large eyes, this eye pattern looks very similar to Marvel hero characters or aliens.

Milkweed moth caterpillars look fierce, they have no big eyes, their real eyes are small blue and white spots, which is a kind of mimicry behavior, its appearance looks very fierce and has a strong combat effectiveness, in order to scare away birds and other predators, to help caterpillars avoid danger.

Two, can mimic snakes to spit snake letters – citrus butterfly caterpillar

Citrus butterflies are distributed in China, Myanmar, Korea, Japan, Philippines and other Asian countries, the citrus butterfly caterpillar's survival skills are when encountering danger, it will mimic snakes to spit snake letters, pretending to be snakes attacking, the citrus butterfly caterpillar will spit yellow or red ‘tongues’, which are actually their stink glands, which can release a pungent odor, relying on this trick to avoid enemies.

Citrus butterfly caterpillars can mimic snakes to spit snake letters, and emit a pungent odor to avoid enemies, which is a common mimicry behavior in nature, in order to gain better survival, one kind of bio-simulation of another kind!

Three, with kitty cat faces - the caterpillar of the Eye of Paddy field butterfly

Eye of Paddy field butterfly is distributed in Asia, and is also a common caterpillar in China, the caterpillar of the Eye of Paddy field butterfly is very peculiar in appearance, with a cat-shaped face and two pointed 'ears', and is very similar to the cartoon Hello Kitty cat.

The caterpillar of the Eye of Paddy field butterfly may disguise itself as a cat to scare away predators, because cats are ruthless predators, but it is a caterpillar with a kitty cat face, it looks very cute in the human world, but may be a fierce symbol in the animal world.

Four, like snakes caterpillars - Hemorrhiodes Serpentina caterpillar

Hemorrhiodes Serpentina caterpillars are distributed in South America, Africa and Central America, this caterpillar is the most perfect caterpillar to mimic snakes, not only in appearance like snakes, this caterpillar will also imitate the attacking behavior of snakes, such as snapping and biting, so if you don’t want to be bitten by snakes, you can only step back.

Caterpillars are the larvae of butterfly and moth insects, Hemorrhiodes Serpentina caterpillar is a moth larva, relying on the ability of perfect snake mimicry, it is beneficial for them to gain more survival time.

Five, the most annoying caterpillar - 'Scallion'

'Scallion' caterpillars are distributed widely, and ‘Scallion’ is not a caterpillar, but a collective name for a category of caterpillars that sting, such as the poisonous moth family caterpillars, the prickly moth family caterpillars, the dead-leaf moth family, or the silkmoth family caterpillars, etc.

'Scallion' caterpillars are covered with spines that enter the body through pores, 'Scallion' is acidic in poison, if stung, the persistent burning sensation is very uncomfortable!

For slow-moving, wingless caterpillars, survival is a war, so caterpillars have unique patterns in their appearance, which also shows that

Caterpillars did not deliberately mimic certain predators

Pay attention to six-dimensional nature, follow the natural order to understand nature!