Wish I Saw the Caterpillar - _TNY_0673
It isn't showing very well in this particular shot - but this butterlfy, known as the great orange-tip (Hebomoia glaucippe) like the name suggests has the tips of the wings in orange (trimmed with a black border) - just on the other side of the wings.
This is the first shot of one for me, but to tell you the truth, I really wished I got to see the caterpillar instead.
This might sound like an odd wish, but let me tell you, they are super-cool! It's a green caterpillar, but it has a shiny black "eye spot" on the side and when feeling threatened it can inflate segments around it's front legs to mimic a snake head and then swing the head from side to side like a vine snake does.
But that's not the only defense this one emplys. It also has a peptide toxin in its wings called glacontryphan-M.
Wish I Saw the Caterpillar - _TNY_0673
It isn't showing very well in this particular shot - but this butterlfy, known as the great orange-tip (Hebomoia glaucippe) like the name suggests has the tips of the wings in orange (trimmed with a black border) - just on the other side of the wings.
This is the first shot of one for me, but to tell you the truth, I really wished I got to see the caterpillar instead.
This might sound like an odd wish, but let me tell you, they are super-cool! It's a green caterpillar, but it has a shiny black "eye spot" on the side and when feeling threatened it can inflate segments around it's front legs to mimic a snake head and then swing the head from side to side like a vine snake does.
But that's not the only defense this one emplys. It also has a peptide toxin in its wings called glacontryphan-M.