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Bombycid Silk Moth Caterpillar (Mustilia sp., Bombycidae)

When feeling threatened, these caterpillars retract their heads, flare their "wings", rear up and inflate a pair of blue and yellow organs either side of the head, presumably to resemble eyes.

 

Pu'er, Yunnan, China

 

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Uploaded on June 14, 2016
Taken on October 10, 2015