Further from Alpha and Closer to Omega - _TNY_6047
This geometrid moth caterpillar trying it's best to look like an Omega sign is a scarce umber (Agriopis aurantiaria).
Looking at the side of it, we can see that this one will end it's days prematurely as some sort of parasite has laid a cluster of green eggs directly on the caterpillar and when they hatch they will become the death of it.
For the scarce umber, this is obviously a horrific fate, but if you asked the tree whose leaves this caterpillar and its brethren devour at a rapid pace, I suspect we would get a somewhat different answer.
Further from Alpha and Closer to Omega - _TNY_6047
This geometrid moth caterpillar trying it's best to look like an Omega sign is a scarce umber (Agriopis aurantiaria).
Looking at the side of it, we can see that this one will end it's days prematurely as some sort of parasite has laid a cluster of green eggs directly on the caterpillar and when they hatch they will become the death of it.
For the scarce umber, this is obviously a horrific fate, but if you asked the tree whose leaves this caterpillar and its brethren devour at a rapid pace, I suspect we would get a somewhat different answer.