Black-etched Prominent (Cerura scitiscripta) larva R9980 Ipperwash, ON PFN
Black-etched Prominent (Cerura scitiscripta) mature larva's flamboyant defensive behaviour--waving its tail filaments around.
Ipperwash, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
July 23, 2006.
Here's a shot from my files that shows the filaments exposed and waving around... Like Indiana Jones (except the "whips" come out of its butt)!
Photographs, Text and Videos ©Jay Cossey, PhotographsFromNature.com (PFN)
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My second book, "Familiar Butterflies of Indiana and their Natural History" is now available!
Please check out my first book, "Southern Ontario Butterflies and their Natural History". :-)
www.flickr.com/photos/74102791@N05/32381163732/
My website: www.PhotographsFromNature.com
Black-etched Prominent (Cerura scitiscripta) larva R9980 Ipperwash, ON PFN
Black-etched Prominent (Cerura scitiscripta) mature larva's flamboyant defensive behaviour--waving its tail filaments around.
Ipperwash, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
July 23, 2006.
Here's a shot from my files that shows the filaments exposed and waving around... Like Indiana Jones (except the "whips" come out of its butt)!
Photographs, Text and Videos ©Jay Cossey, PhotographsFromNature.com (PFN)
All rights reserved. Contact: PhotographsFromNature@gmail.com
My second book, "Familiar Butterflies of Indiana and their Natural History" is now available!
Please check out my first book, "Southern Ontario Butterflies and their Natural History". :-)
www.flickr.com/photos/74102791@N05/32381163732/
My website: www.PhotographsFromNature.com