Catepillar defense mechanism (i.imgur.com)

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No caterpillers were harmed making this video. I'm assuming this is used as a scare tactic when they are threatened. Ice never seen this before and thought it was interesting.

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[-] JASN_DE@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Don't get too close to them, those horns stink like hell.

But on the bright side, they turn into this beauty:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_machaon

this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2024

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